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Views to #1 | Windows in the Sky Album by Alex Henry Foster, #1 on iTunes!
Alex Henry Foster #1 on iTunes – 5 Consecutive Days and Breaks Down the Creative Process for Debut Album
#1 in this week’s SoundScan’s top 200 chart in Quebec and best-seller in the country landing a #3 position behind Muse and Imagine Dragons, Your Favorite Enemies’ lead singer’s debut album Windows in the Sky stayed at the #1 position in the iTunes charts for 5 consecutive days last week, in front of The Beatles, Queen, and Lady Gaga! A real Canadian independent music success story for the Rock Album of the Year JUNO nominee; Alex Henry Foster.
It has always been with such a strong DIY spirit and ethos that Alex Henry Foster and his original band Your Favorite Enemies have built what is now more than a musical career, but a legacy on how Canadian independent artists can shine at home ahead of international arena acts.
Coming back from Tokyo, Japan, where Alex Henry Foster decided to do a world premiere of his solo album “Windows in the Sky” for two sold out nights in a row, we could not be more thankful and honored to share such unexpected news during one of the hardest weeks to release this kind of album in Canada!
“Summertime Departure” Lyric Video
With now more than 50,000 views since its release on Friday November 16, the lyric video of the song “Summertime Departures” has been all over the social medias really fast with its lyrics exposing the feelings, regrets and solitude that Foster lived following the death of his father after a long battle with cancer, as if he’s talking to him:
“Remember that it’s not your death that hurts the most It’s the sadness that I kept growing between us”
With an album that is highly poetic and strong in images, the first single offered by the singer is one of the tracks from the album that is the most raw, and the lyric video is making it even more poignant and breathtaking for the listeners.
WINDOWS IN THE SKY-THE CHRONOLOGY-
THE IDEA
As early as 2010, during a trip all over Japan, Alex had already envisioned the project of a solo album. Without even knowing, following Your Favorite Enemies’ releases, their successes and numerous touring, the project was being shaped naturally with his personal experiences lived all around the world.
THE COMPOSITION
In 2016, Alex embarked on an exile from himself in Tangier, Morocco, where he started writing what would eventually become the album “Windows in the Sky”, on the topics of faith, grief, sorrow, solitude and hope. What was supposed to last a few weeks quickly became 2 years…
THE RECORDING
Spring 2018, coming back from Tangier with all the other Your Favorite Enemies band members, Alex took to recording his solo album. The process took a very unique approach and has been mainly recorded on the road, while Alex was on a summer road trip on the American East Coast.
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