SEPTEMBER 2026- Today Montreal-based experimental rock artist, writer, social worker and human rights advocate Alex Henry Foster revealed "Calling Out!" from his upcoming album The Fragile Beauty (Of New Morning Hopes) out October 23.

An industrial-sounding, frenetic sea of distortion and desperation, the song paints a sonic canvas of chaotic surroundings and the longing to release and surrender to something new.

Foster describes the song as an entanglement of emotional layers. In one sense, it's a reaction to "a social stream collectivizing our individual frustration and powerlessness." In a polarized society of black or white, "'Calling Out!' is about breaking that monochromatic view of ourselves and the world we live in." On another level, "Calling Out!" is something instinctive throughout our lives that calls us to shed the cacophony, a "conscious awakening that keeps arising throughout our journey and calls us to get out of our self-imposed affective blur." Against the chaotic soundscape, the answer is simplistic: "freedom only involves us letting go."

Yet the most personal take on the song, possibly the impetus for "Calling Out!," is the physical and mental healing process Foster endured after emergency heart surgery and subsequent cardiac grafts, during which he died several times and which left him "impaired for years with the loss of a large span of memories and souvenirs, the inability to speak, and the incapacity to write, read, and articulate ideas." A depression set in. He says, "The 'call out' in that case came from people's affection and their healing love, one that led me from being frozen to awakened and finally risen, a process that could only take place once I had decided to embrace who I had become and to accept the new realm of reality it implied." It was the process of "transforming a bleak emotional fatalism into a beaming resurgence."

Following the release of The Fragile Beauty (of New Morning Hopes), Foster will headline Festival Taragalte, a nomadic music and culture festival held annually in the sand dunes ofM'Hamihd El Ghizlane in Morocco showcasing music, poetry, and artson October 31. His historic performance marks the first time an artist from outside Africa has been included on the lineup.

In November, Foster will tour throughout Morocco and a special date in his hometown of Montreal before returning to Europe as part of his "Defying Gravity" tour. Moroccan dates begin on November 8 following the festival, and the tour extends through December 12 in Paris with stops throughout Switzerland, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, and The Netherlands. A full list of dates are below.

Defying Gravity Tour

OCTOBER

31 -M'Hamihd El Ghizlane, Morocco -Festival Taragalte

NOVEMBER

8 - Aït Benhaddou, Morocco - Taman'Art Space

10 - Rabat, Morocco - Café de la Renaissance

11 - Casablanca, Morocco - Backstage

13 - Tangier, Morocco - Dobatek

14 - Tangier, Morocco - Riad Sultan

19 - Montreal, QC - M For Montreal / Hopeful Tragedy Showcase, Studio TD

24 - Rüsselsheim, Germany - Das Rind

26 - Munich, Germany - Kranhalle

28 - Aarau, Switzerland - Kiff

DECEMBER

1 - Hamburg, Germany - Nochtspeicher

3 - Berlin, Germany - Mikropol

5 - Poznan, Poland - Blue Note

6 - Warsaw, Poland - Hybrydy

7 - Prague, Czech Republic - Café V Lese

8 - Düsseldorf, Germany - Ratinger Hof

9 - Nijmegen, Netherlands - Merleyn

11 - Zoetermeer, Netherlands - Cultuurpodium Boerderij

12 - Paris, France - Nouveau Casino

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

TRACKLISTING

1. Sirens Call (6:08)

2. Good Omen (7:12)

3. A Spoken Whisper (8:57)

4. New Morning Hope (9:30)

5. Springtime (4:14)

6. Calling Out! (3:42)

7. Blue as the Rain (6:42)

8. Of Dreams and Ghosts (12:52)

ALEX HENRY FOSTER BIO

Alex Henry Foster, who grew up in the tenements of Montreal, has since become an author,

artist, entrepreneur and human rights advocate, holding firm to a belief that music, art and

community are inseparable. Foster, who co-owns record label Hopeful Tragedy Records and

co-founded the multimedia complex Upper Room Studio in a former cathedral, opened

Drummond Vinyl, a record pressing plant in 2023. His reach extends to lifestyle brands, with

Fabrik, a conceptual creative group from which clothing collections and a jewelry brand

emerged, as well as La Maison de Tanger, a boutique hotel in Tangier, Morocco. Throughout

his career, Foster has advocated for human rights, speaking out about racism, street gang

violence, child soldiers, and mental health, collaborating with Amnesty International and War

Child among others.

 

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