This one caught me by surprise with its complexity and atmospherics. Alex Henry Foster is Canadian and the former frontman for the noise band Your Favourite Enemies. This track is anything but noise rock. Let me quote him:

“I’m so grateful for every little thing and different tiny element that led me to where I am now… Yes, there’s always a profound measure of suffering and a deep concentration of sadness at times — more than I can bear or comprehend — but I’m nonetheless reverent for every aspect of my journey. And I guess that’s why the song “The Son Of Hannah” is a perfect representation of that personal evolution. Its initial incarnation was a reflection of my failure as a son while exposing the loss of my faith in joy and rebirth. I was on the bleak side of the mirror, looking at my father’s life as a whole, from drifting despair to high cheer. I had no cheer within me, and I thought I was all despair.”

This is from A Nightfall Ritual, a live record that will be out May 16.