Exclusive! You can now enjoy City on Fire!

Hey,

I hope you’re doing well. As Alex shared with you in his latest Substack, we’re in Mexico for our annual leave where we look at what we’ve done thus far in the year and especially how we can improve 2026 and make it something we've never reached before!
 
Truly love those moments mixed up between intense conversations about how we can make sure to reach what seems unreachable today...! With someone as passionate as Alex, conversations can go in countless directions! But today! I have some very big and important news for you! Let’s get started, as we wanted to finish the year with a huge bang and to thank you for your incredible love and support by offering you a beautiful gift before everyone else...! 

Keep reading! :) 

🎧 What I’m listening to

Alex Henry Foster - City on Fire

It’s always such a huge delight and privilege for me when it comes to sharing exclusives with you! I’ve been the host of this club for the past 5 years, and days like today always bring loads of joy and remind me how blessed I am to connect with you all on such a great basis! 

As I hope you already know, we’ll be releasing the song City On Fire, recorded live at the 2 Days Prog + 1 Festival in Veruno, Italy, on September 5, 2025, on a limited-edition silkscreen-printed lathe-cut LP.

The song will be available on every streaming platform on December 5, but Alex was too excited to wait, so, here it is for you exclusively, another incredible perk of being a member of The Club!

Enjoy and feel free to share videos of the song being played!!!!! 

Download the song

📖 Reading highlight I’m pondering

Being in Mexico for a few days with Alex and a few friends, one of my favorite moments is when I wake up and simply grab the book I brought for the time I’m here...! Reading is one of the things I truly love doing in life, but as I’m sure you all agree, time isn’t always on my side as much as I would like it to be! 

Alex bought me this book a little while ago, titled Love Goes to Buildings on Fire - 5 years in New York City That Changed Music Forever! I thought, as we’re releasing the song City on Fire, that this book was more than appropriate! 

The idea is for me to start my day reading as much as I can, then, as we gather around lunch, I share about what I learned, and how this can influence or impact us regarding what’s coming next for our journey! 

I’ll let you know more about that as weeks go by, but for now, the book is in the early 1970s, when the hippies left the scene after losing three major faces, Dylan moved to Los Angeles, Grateful Dead’s “Pigpen” had to leave the band, and all of those events created a void in the music world at that time. But what everyone hoped for was in the making; loads of different artists were, without knowing it at that precise time, crafting music that would again change the world forever!
 
I feel we’re in a similar artistic era at this point in time, and this truly inspires me a lot! Let’s bring our world on fire through art, soul and meaning! 

🎧 Podcast I’ve Enjoyed The Most

The Louis Theroux Podcast - David Byrne on clashes in Talking Heads

Here’s a great conversation with a legendary New York City band! I’ve never been a huge Talking Heads fan, as opposed to Alex, but I have to admit how important and impactful they’ve been! 

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est? 

📸 My Picture Of The Week 

Welcome to Mexico, friends!!! 

💬 Shared in the Long Shadows Chat this week

Here's a part of what Alex shared with us all about the meaning of the song City on Fire...! 

“I understood that beyond the fire raging within us and the subsequent cynicism we now have to deal with lies the notion of trying to find some inner peace through it all, to transcend the fear we have to lose ourselves in our own flaming disillusions.”

More of this to come..! Let’s end 2025 in grand fashion all together..! 

Let’s be great to one another! 

Your friend and Chief Operator, 
Jeff 

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