On February 3, 2023, “Tapete Records” label  released “The Candle and the Flame”, the eighth Robert Forster album. It was recorded in 2022, at ^“Alchemix Studios” in Brisbane, Australia, and was produced by Karin Baumler, Robert Foster and Louis Forster.

• Robert Forster – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Loretta Forster – vocals, electric guitar
• Louis Forster – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, toy piano
• Adele Pickvance – bass, congas
• Luke McDonald – vocals, bass, piano, electric guitar
• Tony McCall – drums
• Scott Bromiley – vocals, drums, organ, acoustic guitar
• Chrissy Dunaway Reilly – violin
• James Harrison – cello
• Karin Bäumler – vocals, xylophone
• Marly Luske – recording
• Victor Van Vugt – mixing
• Jason Mitchell – mastering
• Jan Lankisch – art direction
• Katrin Schubert – drawing
• Bleddyn Butcher – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Forster.

1. She’s a Fighter
2. Tender years
3. It’s Only Poison
4. The Roads
5. I Don’t Do Drugs I Do Time
6. Always
7. There’s a Reason to Live
8. Go Free
9. When I Was Young Man