Spectral Dusk -- an album written about the death of frontman Jonas Bonnetta's father -- was one of my favourite albums of '012, so to say I have been eagerly anticipating the followup from Evening Hymns would be an understatement.

"All My Life I Have Been Running" is the first single from the new album Quiet Energies (out September 18 via Outside Music) and is a bit more rock 'n' roll than the haunting, introspective Spectral Dusk, which is no mistake, since Bonnetta says he "needed to write a ripper — a song with a Tom Petty bridge — about accepting who I am and how I perceive the world. Everything has led to this distinct level of clarity that I have now about my Dad passing away."