It's been a tough few years for the Canadian. The chamber folk star has had to deal with amongst other things his mother's battle with breast cancer and his own personal battle with depression. It is these topics amongst others informing the Vancouver man's new album.

Javelin however was by no means solely a therapeutic exercise for the singer. As he states on his website, recording the record "helped me to just own things. It makes things solid, makes them tangible. But I think life always takes a long time. I didn’t just write these songs and walk away feeling great. It’s good enough right now just to have a historical document of what I’ve been through the last couple of years."

Klassen will tour his new album next year, hitting Galway's Roisin Dubh on January 14, Dublin's Grand Social on January 15 and afterwards taking the show to Belfast on January 16.

Have a listen to 'Go To Me' below.