Hozier – an Irish singer/songwriter is one of the artists that will perform on Coachella. Since I am going (YAY!), I’ve been doing some research on the artists that will perform on the 3 days weekend festival.
To be honest all I knew about Hozier prior to my research was “Take Me To Church” song, which I am indifferent about. I think it’s just alright, but it’s been overly played on the radio. Now if you saw this year’s Grammy, there’s a big chance that you are familiar with this particular performance:
The performance has been widely discussed since it involves THE Annie Lennox! I thought her performance is stellar but since I don’t really like the song… it’s not my favorite performance of the Grammys. This performance is (because I got chills watching it!):
Anyway, back to Hozier. Last weekend I decided to do more research about his songs. I was rather surprised when I heard his other songs, which I think are different than “Take Me to Church”.
Let’s have a listen to this one, called “To be Alone”.
The song started with minimal sounds of guitar and drums. Well, the song is minimal in a way, but as it is powered with his soulful singing, it has a very soulful and bluesy (is that even a word?) feeling. The lyrics uses simple words, nothing too fancy, but crafted beautifully.
And now my favorite song so far, called “Cherry Wine”.
This is a sad song, actually. I’m not sure if it’s about an abusive relationship or about one-sided love. But the song is beautiful! I can imagine a slow dance happening to the melody š
To sum up my research, I fell in love with Hozier’s other songs and his voice is JUST AMAZING. Definitely going to see him on Coachella! He’s playing Saturday though, hopefully not at the same time with Belle and Sebastian.. š
Christa Bercerita 
Hozier bakal ada jg di Rock Werchter nih, summer music festival dsini š
Oyaa, trus ada siapa lagi Fe? Pergi ngga? Hehe
Line up nya blm keluar semua sih,so far yg aku inget, Sam Smith, Florence & the Machine, Lenny K, Foo fighters, prodigy, chemicle brothers, pharel williams, ben howards, ets
Biasanya bintang2nya itu2 jg ya kl summer festival, muter gt mereka:))
Waaa sam smith ben howards lenny k florence and the machine.. Vokalnya juaraa! Seru kayaknya ya summer festivalnya š
Wah makasih christa infonya. Baru tahu. hahaha. Baca blog bisa memperkaya khasana *jiah khasanah* musik gw. š
Sama sama Dan! Hehe ini tulisan I’m listening to sebenernya pengen dijadiin regular ah tapi sering kelupaan š
suka juga ama lagu take me to church… lagi sering banget diputer di radio. hehe
Wah lagi hits banget ya dia disana, apalagi setelah grammy juga ya..
Hahaha, aku malah gak tahu Hozier >.<
Nah coba didengerin Ko, gimana suka ngga? Hehe
Baru tauuuu, asik ada lagu baru yg didengerin hehe
Gimana, suka ngga Non sama lagu2nya?
Lumayan š
Baru tahu sama hozier Chris š
Suka ngga pas udh dengerin? Hehe
Belum Chris, hehheheh