Jonathan Hulten shares poignant and reflective stand-alone single The Well

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Tribulation guitarist Jonathan Hulten has shared a brand new, stand-along single, The Well, which you can listen to below.

The Swedish left-field progger, who has drawn comparisons with Sufjan Stevens, Nick Drake and John Martyn right through to his contemporaries in Anna von Hausswolff and Chelsea Wolfe, released his debut album Chants From Another Place in 2020 and followed it with the re-worked tracks of The Forest Sessions in 2022.

"The Well is referring to a place in our minds of complete calm and peace,' Hulten explains. "In this song it has the form of a body of water - be it a lake, a spring or a well. Its undisturbed surface symbolises presence and detachment at the same time, a balance of stillness on which we can call upon and reminisce in our times of distress. In the end, the water is a mirror that reflects back upon us the tranquillity it contains. Because” the water is you."

Hulten has also announced that he will be special guest to Myrkur on her upcoming UK/EU tour in April 2024.

"I’m happy to announce that I’ll be opening for the magical Myrkus on her European tour in April 2024," he adds.

Myrkur UK/EU tour dates April 2024:
Apr 4: GER Berlin Heimathafen
Apr 5: GER Hamburg Ubel & Gefährlich
Apr 6: BEL Gent De Vooruit
Apr 7: NED Utrecht TivoliVredensburg-Pandora
Apr 9: UK Manchester Academy 2
Apr 10: UK London Islington Assembly Hall
Apr 12: FRA Paris L’Alhambra
Apr 13: SWI Aarau Kiff
Apr 14: ITA Milano Alcatraz
Apr 16: AUS Vienna Arena
Apr 17: HUN Budapest A38
Apr 18: POL Krakow Kamienna12
Apr 19: POL Poznan 2progi
Apr 20: GER Dresden Ballsaal

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Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.