ALEX HENRY FOSTER REVEALS CALLING OUT! – HIS MOST VULNERABLE AND REVEALING SONG ON THE FRAGILE BEAUTY (OF NEW MORNING HOPES) OUT OCTOBER 23
DEFYING GRAVITY TOUR THIS FALL
NEWS SOURCE: Hopeful Tragedy Records
September 2, 2026
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 – A�t Benhaddou, Morocco – Taman’Art Space
10 – Rabat, Morocco – Caf� 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 – R�sselsheim, 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 – Caf� V Lese
8 – D�sseldorf, Germany – Ratinger Hof
9 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Merleyn
11 – Zoetermeer, Netherlands – Cultuurpodium Boerderij
12 – Paris, France – Nouveau Casino
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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