Dermot Kennedy’s third album The Weight of the Woods is out April 3, and based on the singles, it’s his most grounded and specific record to date. The album was made near his home in rural Ireland, recorded with producer Gabe Simon (Noah Kahan, Lana Del Rey) and featuring Irish instruments throughout. He’s called it “a beautiful homegrown thing with Irish instruments and an Irish story.”

The lead single “Funeral” is one of the more quietly devastating things he’s released, the kind of song that builds from a single vocal line into something that fills a room. It premiered as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record, which is apt: Kennedy has been building a transatlantic audience for several years, but this record seems designed to speak most directly to where he actually comes from.

“Honest” and “Refuge” fill out the picture of an album that’s less interested in the grand emotional gesture than his previous work. Kennedy has always been a powerful vocal presence, but The Weight of the Woods sounds like an artist deciding that the restraint is the point: the things unsaid carry as much weight as the things said, and the forest behind his house is as valid a subject as anything else he’s written about.

The 14-track album is accompanied by an extensive tour, including two nights headlining Dublin’s Aviva Stadium in July, UK and European dates from May, and a 32-date North American fall tour starting September 4.

The Weight of the Woods is out April 3 on Island/Interscope.