Foxy Leopard steps out of Quebec, Canada, with โThe Call,โ released November 28, 2025. Inspired by the American Civil War and, more specifically, the โunbearable truthโ at its centerโslaveryโFoxy Leopard frames the track as a memorial and a warning: millions of enslaved people suffered unimaginably, and hundreds of thousands of Union soldiers died fighting to end that system, yet the full weight of that history often gets smoothed over or forgotten. โThe Callโ is also positioned as part of a larger long-form narrative leading into the upcoming album Shadows on the Road, with the artist insisting this is storytelling/
โThe Callโ opens with heavy, slow strumming guitars that immediately set a solemn, grounded tone, like boots in mud rather than fireworks in the sky. Foxy Leopardโs weathered voice comes in deep and weighted, singing as if heโs carrying the names and faces of people history tried to erase. The song wants you to sit with the discomfort instead of rushing toward relief. That restraint makes the lyricsโ implied urgency hit harder, because the track is assuming youโll listen if youโve got any sense.
As the verses unfold, the guitar remains the backbone, steady and mournful, giving the vocal space to deliver its message without distraction. The emotional arc rises quietly, through tone and pressure. Then the bridge arrives, and the atmosphere shifts to haunting, swooning harmonies that float in, widening the track into something almost hymnal. Itโs the moment where the song stops sounding like one personโs reflection and starts feeling like a chorus of ghosts you canโt un-hear once theyโre in the room.
Recorded at home and built around lyric, arc, and story, โThe Callโ is clearly aiming for legacy.
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Review by: Naomi Joan