🔵 Montreal indie rock artist Martin Saint explores the art of leaving on “Endless Bridge" single

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ontreal-based indie rock/alt-pop artist Martin Saint presents his new single "Endless Bridge", a poignant exploration of love, loss, forgiveness, and letting go. The song follows a relationship from its tender, snow-covered beginnings through heartbreak and separation, ultimately arriving at the possibility of reconciliation and emotional release.

Drawing on the atmospheric DNA of ’80s artists such as The Mission, The Church and Echo and the Bunnymen, "Endless Bridge" evokes changing seasons, long distances, and the passage of time. Its imagery moves between the innocence of early romance, a sense of divine grace, and the vulnerability of confronting what remains after two people part.

At its core, the song is about what happens when love is tested by time and distance. Rather than holding on at all costs, the narrator gradually arrives at a place of acceptance—where forgiveness becomes a form of freedom, and letting go becomes its own expression of love. The final image, like an offering carried out to sea, captures that surrender: painful, beautiful, and ultimately liberating.

Martin Saint is a Montreal-based singer-songwriter who is perhaps best known as lead singer and guitarist of The Ember Glows and Citylake prior to that. Since The Ember Glows parted ways in 2024 after half a decade and a solid string of releases, Martin has established himself as a solo artist. Apart from writing, recording and performing his own music, he also collaborates with a handful of fellow Montreal artists, such as Johnny Couteau, SU, DJ Sarcastic, and HJ & The Constellations.

"Endless Bridge" is Martin's first new music since his full-length "Seekers" album, released in spring of 2025. With glimmers of Nick Cave, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Bauhaus and The Doors infused through his work, his music presents a unique cinematic mood permeated by poetic lyrics, baritone vocals, and hooks over soundscapes.

• I felt this song, in particular, deserved a dedicated rework and a new release ...

"The song "Endless Bridge" is about as close to a love song as I’ll ever get, but there’s a bittersweetness to it. Beginnings, endings, renewals. It expresses faith in the future and letting go of forces holding us back, even if this may take a lifetime. There’s definitely a spiritual undertone tucked in there. Musically, I wanted something that’d sound epic. Something that is melancholic and foggy, but ultimately also uplifting and catchy," says Martin Saint.

"In between the two albums, I went back into the studio to re-record "Endless Bridge", one of my holder songs that I had originally released back in 2017 with my former band Citylake. I felt this song, in particular, deserved a dedicated rework and a new release — under my own name this time around. This song and its performance reflects where I am at this moment in time, as well as how far I’ve come since the period that the song was penned."

On 'Endless Bridge', Martin Saint is accompanied by Julie Abel on piano, Frank Bones on drums, and Jack Vignavong on bass. Recorded and co-produced by Frank Bones and Martin Saint at Indica Studio 24, Studio Pacifique and Martini Lounge, with recording assistance from Olivier René de Cotret, the single was mixed by Frank Bones with cover photography and design by Ursa Minor.

• Out October 6th, "Endless Bridge" is available everywhere online,

Martin Saint has also published "Under The Full Angry Moon", a quality collection of song lyrics spanning a few years, along with a number of short poems and his own drawings to illustrate specific songs. The book comes with QR codes that lead to the respective recordings. Just as his music combines some of the dark elements of 80s UK post-punk with a touch of psychedelia, this book also blends cinematic imagery with dramatic delivery.

Out October 6th, "Endless Bridge" is available everywhere online, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. Work is already underway towards Martin's next full-length album in 2027.

Martin Saint (formerly of The Ember Glows)

Endless Bridge

Self-Released. Saint's new
"Under The Full Angry Moon" book is also now available

6 October 2026

CREDITS
Written and arranged by Martin Saint
Martin Saint - vocals and guitar
Julie Abel - piano
Frank Bones - drums
Jack Vignavong - bass
Recorded by Frank Bones and Martin Saint
at Martini Lounge, Indica Studio 24 and Studio Pacifique
Assisted by Olivier René de Cotret
Mixed and mastered by Frank Bones
Co-produced by Frank Bones and Martin Saint
Cover sleeve photography & design by Ursa Minor


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