#andrew john hozier byrne

[septemberkisses]

hozier wrote 'too sweet' for the "i can fix him" sunshine girls who have always been too good too nice, for the people pleasers who are terrified of failure, and for those who find the darkness intriguing

#hozier #andrew john hozier byrne #too sweet #songs lyrics #favorite songs #songs #dark academia #academia #dark academia aesthetic #chaotic academia #classic academia #classic academia aesthetic #sunshine girl #aesthetic #moodboard #hozier edit #unreal unearth #unheard #unreal unearth: unheard #new album #hozier songs #mine

[todayontumblr]

Friday, August 18.

Hozier.

Salutations. Singer, songwriter, and eternal dreamboat #hozier today bestows us with his latest immaculate release Unreal Unearth (2023), his first album in four years. And it's safe to say it has it all and then some: inspired by Dante's Inferno and the concept of the nine circles of hell, a love letter to Greek mythology and Irish folklore, drawn from his own experiences of the pandemic, and displaying his seemingly endless talent for everything from piano ballads to up-tempo folk-pop to fuzzy brash rock to funk and R&B to afrobeat. It's a case of you name it, he got it. 

Naturally, the critics have gone bonkers for every one of its 62-minute running time—but frankly, we care not for the oppressive opinions of those in the expensive seats. What really matters is the fandom community. As luck would have it, there happens to be a rather formidable one here on Tumblr. Unreal Unearth is out today, at the very longest last, and it's something close to an unhealthy (affectionate) jubilation. Why not ~jubilate~ with us. 

#today on tumblr #hozier #unreal unearth #wasteland baby #andrew hozier byrne #de selby part 2 #eat your young #take me to church #greek mythology #dante #music #irish #andrew john hozier byrne

[celestialexxperience]

Yall, can we please talk about how Irish hozier sounds on nothern attitude....

#its attractive #like i love his irish accent sm #hozier #andrew john hozier byrne #andrew hozier byrne #noah kahan #nothern attitude

[battlestariroh]

Só if Hozier falls in love, just a little, oh a little every day with someone new; & Florence goes from road to road, bed to bed, lover to lover; how long until they do this with one another?

#hozier #florence and the machine #florence welch #florence + the machine #andrew john hozier byrne #lover to lover #take me to church #dog days are over #destiel #deancas #shake it out #someone new

[redwolf17]

Much of Hozier’s work is out of his deep appreciation for the work of Black artists and naming that—along with admitting just how much there is to be thankful and grateful in that truth. “If I weren’t to write music that was authentic to my influences, I would no longer feel [like] an authentic artist,” he asserts. “But what wouldn’t feel right is to not mention that all of my influences—the vast majority of my influences—come from Black artistry.” He likens it to how, if someone from Poland or Scotland came to Ireland and were a remarkable uilleann pipe player and they carved out a life and a career and were rewarded for their pipe playing, but didn’t mention Seamus Ennis or Finbar Furey, it wouldn’t make sense to him. “All I can do is keep pointing back,” he adds. “What I try to do is create breadcrumb trails to constantly signpost in the work where it is coming from—whether it be naming a song after Jackie Wilson or, in a song like ‘Almost,’ there’s something like 18 nods to jazz songs.”

The island where Hozier comes from has its own history with survival and escaping the horrors of colonial rule. Even though he donated 100% of the publishing money from his single “Jackboot Jump” to the NAACP, he can’t answer for America’s history, nor can he rise to the question of answering for America’s particular failures towards Black people—or how they are still, actively, kept out of conversations around becoming the beneficiaries of industries that make fortunes off of the music that is built from their innovations.

“I listen to music everyday that’s released in America and I find gospel chords, neo-soul chords, jazz chords, R&B beats, hip-hop beats, the legacies of funk,” Hozier says. “Gospel and jazz are constantly used in modern popular music, but what isn’t part of the conversation is that, no matter what, the music is all influenced by Black artists and it rests on the shoulders of the achievements of Black artistry. All I can do is be honest about that and try to honor it where I can. The idea of writing music that isn’t influenced by Black artistry, that ship has sailed. It’s impossible. I challenge anyone to do it, but I don’t think it can be done. If you look back at Frederick Douglass and his travels to Limerick, meeting Daniel O’Connell—our emancipator—the struggles are tied. The question of anti-racism, it’s a global question—so I try to just acknowledge that influence and honor that work.”

Reminder that Hozier, as he himself repeatedly says, is not an Irish folk artist, or a fey bard from 1,000 years ago, he’s a contemporary Irish artist who takes his main inspiration from blues, soul, jazz, R&B, and other genres of specifically Black American music. If you like his music, awesome, but let’s recognize where it comes from :)

Here’s a playlist to check out some incredible Black artists whom Hozier has mentioned as inspirations.

#hozier #unreal unearth #wasteland baby! #wasteland baby #andrew john hozier byrne

[mariasabanahabanabana]

Algunas fotos del concierto de hoy de Hozier o mejor conocido en los mexicos como Andrés José... DIOS MÍO, HA SIDO UNO SINO ES QUE EL MEJOR DIA DE MI VIDA...

Please you, My Lucky Charm, come back again to Mexico, I already miss you

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Some photos from today's concert by Hozier or better known in Mexico as Andrés José... MY GOD, IT HAS BEEN ONE BUT THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE...

Please you, My Lucky Charm, come back again to Mexico, I already miss you

#hozier #Andres Jose #Andrew John #Andrew John Hozier Byrne #México #méxico city #PINCHE FLACO HERMOSO

[deprivedmusicaljunkie]

happy 34th birthday, andrew john hozier byrne. we are readily awaiting your ep 💟

#andrew hozier byrne #andrew john hozier byrne #hozier #she likes hozier

[ssaseaprince]

I was an atheist until I saw Jesus in my living room. And by Jesus, I mean Hozier. And by living room, I mean at a meet and greet.

#and im not an atheist im a pagan but thats besides the point #ive also never met him but a person can dream #andrew john hozier byrne #andrew hozier byrne #hozier #unreal unearth #not fandom

[mari-writes]

can't believe I reblogged that gifset of Hozier saying he'd really like to collaborate w/ Florence Welch but then the next day I find out she's working with Tswift instead 😭 whyyyy lol

#I don't hate Tswift guys!! #I'm just tired of seeing her everywhere #and I really want Florence to work w/ Andrew someday #lol #hozier #andrew john hozier byrne #florence and the machine

[crawlhometohozier]

Hozier's middle name is John, his father is called John and his brother is called Jon, how many John's/Jon's are there in his family?!?!

#hozier #andrew hozier byrne #crawlhometohozier #andrew hozier #andrew john hozier byrne

[kikixreverie]

Yes I do now own every Hozier vinyl he has released, yes I did just pay a large amount of money for a vinyl with 4 songs on it, two of which are on one of his albums that I own, yes I am now broke, but no, I will never regret these choices I have made.

#rant in tags #I just need them all #every single one #every single thing he's ever made I need #fuck priorities sir andrew hozier-byrne is much more important #who needs heating and electric? #not me #i have every hozier vinyl #i will never be poorer than how poor i will be the moment unreal unearth is out #who cares about rent #ammirite #the obsession is growing... #this might not be a big deal to some of you but I HAVE NO MONEY NOW #LIKE NONE #andrew hozier byrne #andrew john hozier byrne #hozier

[the-pale-goddess]

Unreal Unearth is out and I’m very normal about it (lying)

#i have ascended #andrew john hozier byrne is everything to me you wouldn’t understand #hozier #unreal unearth #de selby part 1

[jamiethenerd]

#hozier #tweets #twitter #andrew john hozier-byrne

[bootyduke]

I think that Lucifer being in love with God makes all of existence the most tragic heartbreak we can imagine. When the devil speaks of the divine, it must be through tears. When Hozier said, "Do you know I could break beneath the weight of the goodness, Love, I still carry for you?" and John Milton lied, "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven," and Christopher Marlowe said, "Think’st thou that I, who saw the face of God, And tasted the eternal joys of heaven, Am not tormented with ten thousand hells In being deprived of everlasting bliss?" I think they were saying the same thing

#hozier #milton #marlowe #andrew hozier byrne #john milton #christopher marlowe #unreal unearth #doctor faustus #paradise lost

[flancelot]

la verdadera Experiencia Religiosa™️ es la que tuvieron les que escucharon en vivo Take me to church en el lollapalooza argentina 2024

#ustedes vieron lo que fue eso?? #hozier casi se tira arriba del público #yo me quedé sin aire de sólo ver la transmisión no me imagink les bendecides que estaban en primera fila #necesito que vuelvaaaaaa #hozier #andrew john hozier byrne or favor volvé a pisar suelo argentino #para mi que fue el mejor cumpleaños de su vida la estaba re sintiendo #otra coronación de gloria para nosotres

[little-fandom-dump]

fun hozier fact! andrew is physically incapable of making a song that’s doesn’t stir emotions in the soft, small animal that’s made a burrow of my soul

#oh andrew john hozier-byrne we’re really in it now #hozier #unreal unearth unheard #unheard ep