MONTREAL, APRIL 2026 – As he quietly finalizes his upcoming studio album, Alex Henry Foster releases a new music video for the song From the City to the Ocean, alongside an exclusive collector vinyl edition available as part of Record Store Day. The stand-alone From the City to the Ocean EP will be available on May 15, while its vinyl edition, limited to 200 copies, is expected to sell out quickly, with a 48-hour exclusive pre-sale (starting April 16) offered to members of his Club.
The release follows a strong start to the year, with Foster performing two concerts aboard Cruise to the Edge (March 4–9), reaffirming his presence within the international progressive music scene.
Foster’s momentum builds on the success of The High Blooming Ritual Tour, which saw sold-out shows across Europe, as well as appearances on Hungary’s M2 Petofi TV and Poland’s Polskie Radio Program III.
His recent body of work has also garnered critical recognition. His 2024 releases earned multiple ADISQ nominations, while A Nightfall Ritual (2025) debuted at #31 on the Billboard charts and was later nominated Post-Rock Album of the Year at GAMIQ. Recent singles, City on Fire and In the Valley of the Sun (Writing Session), further highlight an evolving sonic direction balancing cathartic intensity with introspective depth.
The upcoming EP will feature multiple versions of From the City to the Ocean, an original song from his former band, Your Favorite Enemies, that he revisited. Notably, one of its key recordings was captured during the final concert of Foster’s 2025 tour.
Inspired in part by the works of Charles Baudelaire and a lifelong fascination with the duality of the sea and the city, Foster explains:
“‘Free man, you will always love the sea.’ I have always been fascinated by the nature of the sea, the ocean, its redeeming grace and its implacable power, its freedom of movement. I almost drowned as a kid. Maybe that’s where the fascination goes back to. It’s paradoxical because I’m truly the product of a big city. I grew up in what looks like huge soulless apartment complexes, which for me reflected the same nature as the ocean somehow… Where can you drown yourself? Where can you find yourself suffocating? Where can you lose yourself choking? For me, there was a very intriguing parallel between the two elements. And Baudelaire’s ideas were a perfect catharsis to that initial spark for the song. Bright as the sky reflecting its beauty over water and welcoming our often worn-out and hopeless colors…
Just like Baudelaire wrote about the man, I used the city as a metaphor for the deceptive essence of human nature. He wrote about the sea, I used the ocean as a symbol of our most intimate dreams and secrets.”
As Alex Henry Foster remains immersed in the creation of his upcoming studio album, the next chapter of his sonic journey is set to unfold in the months ahead.