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The Dear Hunter and multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter Casey Crescenzo have announced their new album, Act V: Hymns With The Devil In Confessional, out September 9 on Cave & Canary Goods / Equal Vision Records.

The release of Act V comes a year after Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise. In a statement from Crescenzo about the latest installment he says, “these two albums, Act IV and V, were written and recorded much in the same time frame – though each album retains its own unique identity, tone, and experience.” Crescenzo goes on to share, “Act V, however, will be the final ‘rock’ record in the Act series. This may read as though I am abandoning the project, one record early – but the truth is simply that in knowing what Act VI means to the series, and what its story has to say – presenting it in the same form as Acts I-V would be short selling the creative opportunity it presents.”

The release of ‘Act V’ marks the long-awaited continuation of the band’s album concept series chronicling the story of a boy at the turn of the century, only referred to as ‘The Dear Hunter’, and is the main project of multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter Case Crescenzo. From the beginning, it was a high-concept project: Casey mapped out multi-page treatments for a six album story arc about the birth, life, and abrupt death of a boy, set at the dawn of the 20th century. Act I: The Lake south, The River North, Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading, Act III: Life and Death and the fourth installment Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise were released between 2006 and 2015. Crescenzo temporarily stepped away from the series to work on the critically acclaimed 2.5 hour, 9 EP, 36-track collection: The Colour Spectrum, his latest studio album Migrant, and his own personal symphony Amour & Attrition. The Dear Hunter has now completed a new chapter of the story after the highly anticipated Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise. Act V is produced entirely by Crescenzo and written in the same time frame of its predecessor.