Last month, Jon McKiel announced his new album Hex and shared the title track. Today, the Baie Verte, New Brunswick singer-songwriter is back with “String.”

Upon the release of “Hex,” McKiel explained that the song contemplated “what darknesses might be at play, personally or collectively. Sometimes observing systems and people on the brink of collapse, it feels as though there is a hex on all of us.” This sense of doom is more palpable on “String,” an eerie ballad, McKiel’s vocals simultaneously off-putting and hypnotizing. Hear it below.

Hex is out 5/3 on You’ve Changed.