Stereo Embers The Podcast 0490: Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens)

Stereo Embers The Podcast 0490: Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens)

From Stereo Embers: The Podcast by Alex Green Online

March 18, 2026 · 1h 8m

About this episode

Robert Forster discusses his new novel and latest album in this engaging interview.

"Song Writers On The Run" Perhaps best known as one of the co-founding members of the late great Australian band The Go-Betweens, singer/songwriter Robert Forster has been putting out critically acclaimed solo albums since his 1990 debut Danger In The Past. His new novel Song Writers On The Run has just been released to rave reviews and he talks about the writing process in this chat. As for his music, over the years he added to his solo discography titles like Calling From A Country Phone and I Had A New York Girlfriend, and now the Brisbane-born Forster is checking in with his ninth solo effort Strawberries. The follow-up to 2023's rousing and affecting The Candle And The Flame, Strawberries is startlingly beautiful and emotionally precise. Produced by Peter Moren of Peter Bjorn and John, the eight numbers on Strawberries range from the jangling album opener "Tell It Back To Me" to the stirring blues of "Good To Cry." Elsewhere, the seven minute "Breakfast On The Train" is not only a great song, it also doubles as a great short story; the title track is a brilliant and simple study of the gobbling of strawberries as a metaphor for domestic bliss and the album closing "Diamonds"…

People in this episode

Host: Alex Green Online

Guest: Robert Forster

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Go-Betweens

Books & works: Song Writers On The Run, Danger In The Past, Calling From A Country Phone, I Had A New York Girlfriend, Strawberries, The Candle And The Flame, Tell It Back To Me, Good To Cry, Breakfast On The Train, Diamonds

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