Acclaimed Australian singer - songwriter Robert Forster with his 8th solo album. Its an album for Forster that has taken a very different path in creating than his previous works. The first single is titled Shes A Fighter. It reveals only part of what became a journey of creating music with family and friends with a need to find joy and solace in the face of adversity. The Candle And The Flame consists of 9 songs written by Robert. Produced by Robert, Karin Bumler and Louis Forster (The Goon Sax), the album was mixed by Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey) and features former Go-Betweens and Warm Nights bass player Adele Pickvance as well as Scott Bromiley and Luke McDonald (The John Steele Singers), who worked on Roberts Inferno and Songs To Play albums.