![]() ![]() The lyrics come in, and the symbiotic relationship that the cello, guitar, and drums play off each other, and although the song loses its lullaby feel, the instrumentals alone still leave you feeling just serene and peaceful. It sounds like you’re listening to a lullaby when you first start off. Start a song off with some cello and guitar, and just a voice resonating “Babe,” and it just is too soulful. “From Eden,” the 6 th track off the album, other than having incredible lyrics that reference a lil bit of Satan (“I slithered in from Eden”) has the oddest sound of the entire album in my opinion. Hozier switches it up a bit and finally shows a softer bluesy side in “Jackie and Wilson,” with an asymmetric rhythm and feel. At this point in the album, however, you might already have the feeling of, “Okay, I got that he can do powerful R&B and soul, but is this really the sound for the entire album?” So obviously, this guy has power, and we get a second hint of that in his second track off the album, “Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene” (which had a hint of influence from the Black Keys to me). The lyrics of this song are powerful once you reach the chorus, and we end the song not just with a pianist and smooth sounds of Hozier’s voice, but with a powerful guitar and drum combo, thundering through to make a statement. Once we get going, background vocals come in, and for a second you see a hint of the vocal choral group roots that he has. Not the happiest way to start the day, but the song starts off just a pure tone of his voice and some simple piano chords. Starting off with “Take Me to Church,” his first single that went viral on YouTube and topped the charts all around, we get a feel of how Hozier feels about love in his analogous parallel of love to religion: that falling in love essentially resulted in a death of everything. ![]() So let’s talk about his album, now that we have an understanding that he’s somewhat successful and a little bit beautiful. Studied music in Dublin for a bit and was involved in an Irish vocal choral group, but dropped that…to become who he is, a modern day, Van Morrison and a male Adele. This entire album and the man who writes it has stolen my heart and although it’s only been a couple of weeks, I just can’t help but love it.īorn Andrew Hozier-Byrne, 24, Irish born and gifted with a soulful, bluesy as hell voice, this man is relatively new to the industry, with his debut album, Hozier released in Ireland in September, and globally just last month. I’m talking about soul-sucking, mind-numbing, “Wow, I can’t stop listening” plain obsessed. So lately, I’ve been obsessed, and I think you know what I mean. Hi I’m Ariana Rivera and I like writing words and music so I asked some people about a way to combine the two and they gave me this job. Hozier: Let’s appreciate the man and the album (Artist/Album Review). ![]()
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