Singer Songwriter Hozier has achieved his first UK No.1 album, “Unreal Unearth” has debuted at the summit today. “It’s a special feeling to receive this kind of support in your home country,” said Hozier. “A massive thank you to everyone in Ireland for all the love and support shown has me absolutely thrilled.”
The album features “Eat Your Young,” released as its lead track in March, and “Damage Gets Done,’ with a guest appearance by Brandi Carlile. Hozier is one of the set‘s many co-producers, In a five-star review, the Daily Telegraph’s Neil McCormick lavished praise on the album, describing Hozier as “a singer-songwriter who deserves to be considered among the very best of his peers.
Operating as Hozier, “Unreal Unearth” is only his third album in nine years, but it is further evidence of an artist who takes pride in every aspect of his craft, concocting songs of emotional and philosophical depth in richly detailed sonic environments that push this venerable genre into thrilling new spaces. He plays guitar deftly and sings beautifully, drawing on folk, blues and roots forms to marry flowing melodies to meaningful lyrics.”
The Guardian wrote: “Irish singer-songwriter Andrew Hozier-Byrne’s third album is a lot. A teetering stack of soul and rock teeming with furrow-browed, denim-jacketed, glass-cased emotion. It should come with a reading list – its 16 songs are patterned by way of Dante’s Inferno and he has said that epic poetry such as Metamorphoses inspired him.”
It’s been a decade since Andrew Hozier-Byrne (better known as just Hozier) landed on listeners’ radars with the viral, now diamond-certified track, ‘Take Me to Church’ and since then he’s amassed a devoted online fanbase.
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