Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on November 19, 1989, Alex Henry Foster is a singer, songwriter, musician, and activist best known as the leader of alternative rock band Your Favorite Enemies. Since the band’s beginnings, Alex Henry Foster was an activist and served as a spokesman for Amnesty International. He and the band were also involved with Rock N’ Rights and War Child. He grew up in Montreal and studied to become a social worker. His first band, The Riddlers, was formed with some of his university classmates. In 2006, he founded Your Favorite Enemies with guitarists Jeff Beaulieu and See, bassist Ben Lemelin, keyboardist/vocalist Miss Isabel, and drummer Charles Allicie. Influenced by punk, new wave, and goth music of the 1980s, the band released their debut album, Love Is a Promise Whispering Goodbye, in 2008. The band released a string of well-received albums including Vague Souvenir (2012), Secret Kind of Whispers (2013) and Between Illness and Migration (2013), which was released in several alternate versions in different countries over the next three years. While very successful as the leader of Your Favorite Enemies, Alex Henry Foster had thought about stepping outside the band and recording a solo album. The loss of his father in 2016 was the catalyst that inspired him to move to Tangier, Morocco to write and then record his first solo album Windows in the Sky (2018). The album was a success and was later reissued in a deluxe edition in 2020. Alex Henry Foster released the live album Standing Under Bright Lights, in April 2021. The album was recorded at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, and featured Alex Henry Foster performing every song from his solo album with an orchestra of 11 musicians. Alex Henry Foster underwent heart surgery in April 2023 and while in recovery, he collaborated with musical partner Ben Lemelin and Japanese Canadian artist Momoka Tobari on the album Kimiyo, which was released in April 2024. That year, another LP titled A Measure of Shape and Sounds entered the Canadian Hot 100 at number 41.
