Flowerbomb 65,555 Posted January 16, 2019 Wasteland, Baby! will be released 1st March! If you preorder the album now on his homepage, you will get a chance to buy tour tickets for the European leg earlier than others! European leg will be autumn/winter 2019 - dates will be up later. (The green shade for the vinyl is sooo pretty...!) His new song Almost (Sweet music) is FANTASTIC in my opinion - go and check it out now! He also revealed the track list: Nina Cried Power (Featuring Mavis Staples) Almost (Sweet Music) Movement No Plan Nobody To Noise Making (Sing) As It Was Shrike Talk Refined Be Dinner & Diatribes Would Sunlight Wasteland, Baby! So 14 songs in total! Unfortunately it seems that NFWMB and Moment’s Silence (Common Tongue) aren’t on the album. I will update later with his comments on the album from questions sent by fans on Instagram story. Nice tracklist! I'm sad NFWMB won't be on there, since it's my favorite from the EP but nevertheless, I can't wait!! 1 Quote ♡ standing stoic blue and denim, eyes not blue but clear like heaven ♡ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted January 16, 2019 Nice tracklist! I'm sad NFWMB won't be on there, since it's my favorite from the EP but nevertheless, I can't wait!! Same, NFWMB was my favorite, I played it all fall. I guess I have to buy the EP too now... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted January 16, 2019 From Hozier's instagram story, Feb 16th 2019: He looks forward to play Dinner & Diatribes, Nobody and Almost (Sweet Music) live because they're "fun" The artwork for the album cover is made by his mother again ♥ Booker T Jones has been working with him for 6-7 of the songs Almost (Sweet Music) was the hardest one to write partly because it's the most personal one Favorite lyric line of the album is from Wasteland, Baby!, from the chorus: "Be still, my indelible friend // You are unbreaking, though quaking, though crazy // That's wasteland, baby" All songs were written in 2 years-18 months He describes Sunlight as "big, coral(?), redemptive; it's one of the happier ones" To Noise Making (Sing) will be referencing and sample one of Seamus Heaney's poems -------------- I'll just drop this here as well: 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aiddy 171 Posted January 18, 2019 can't wait to hear the album! the new song is amazing. 14 tracks is a good length, I'm kinda sad NFWMB and Moment's Silence (Common Tongue) aren't on the album but at least we have the EP 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted January 18, 2019 can't wait to hear the album! the new song is amazing. 14 tracks is a good length, I'm kinda sad NFWMB and Moment's Silence (Common Tongue) aren't on the album but at least we have the EPI have the standard version of his debut album but I’ve always wanted to deluxe version so I gotta but that, and now I guess I have to buy NCP EP as well and then the new album in March. And then Lana as well.I guess I will stay broke this year too. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted January 23, 2019 Lyric video for Almost is out! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted February 4, 2019 North American tour dates are out! Check his homepage if you’re interested. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted February 5, 2019 Hozier was on the talkshow Skavlan the other day and omg, I screamed when I saw him on my TV screen, I had no idea he was on that night. Anyway, these are some of the things he said during the show: - His family (ancestors) is Catholic but his parents raised him as a quaker - Take Me To Church is more about what people with power say about God and how they use that to control others for their own benefit - As a teenager, he describes himself as the "class' clown", and "a bit of an unfocused student", "I just messed around a lot" - Dad was a drummer in blues bands, so he grew up with blues and gospel and has always liked jazz as well - Wasteland, Baby! is a doomsday album but also has hope. The title track (Wasteland, Baby!) is about imagining the worst thing that could happen. "[...] let's say, imagining the end of the world, trying to look for the warmth center of the human heart... something that can be enjoyed even in the last brief moments." - Movement is about dancing, "If you could imagine that the singer is watching somebody they love just being enraptured by sound and moving to it. It just tries to descripe the appreciation of that, in its simplest forms, I suppose." See Hozier and band perform Movement and TMTC here: 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted February 5, 2019 Hozer and Mavis Staples describes how Nina Cried Power was made in this 15-minute podcast (20 if you include the song itself): http://songexploder.net/hozier I recommend listening to it if you're curious to know more about it and how it came to be, really interesting (at least to me). It's fairly short for being a podcast so I won't bother writing down interesting things in a list. Also, you'll hear the demo of NCP if you listen to this podcast. A less worked on instrumental and different lyrics. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted February 13, 2019 European tour dates are up! Note that he'll also play in Greece. https://hozier.com/european-tour/ If you pre-order Wasteland, Baby! on his official store, you'll get access to pre-sale tickets. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted February 15, 2019 NEW SONG IS OUT!!! Dinner & Diatribes I AM LOVING IT Go and give it a listen!! https://open.spotify.com/track/0IZ5R6Om6SWXxJ5BD7MKUa?si=E58GgvxHQSuZrS6M_LEDvQ https://youtu.be/Iq5gesj6kmw 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted February 16, 2019 The Irish Times made a track-by-track review of the album and gave it a 4 out of 5, but writes that it would’ve gotten 5 stars if it weren’t for two songs they’re considering to be fillers. Overall, a positive review! https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/hozier-wasteland-baby-track-by-track-review-of-his-new-album-1.3791141 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TRENCH 15,342 Posted February 17, 2019 will be seeing him in a month. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted February 18, 2019 will be seeing him in a month.Aaaah omg, have fun!! The band is really great! <3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TRENCH 15,342 Posted February 19, 2019 Aaaah omg, have fun!! The band is really great! <3 I had to find a playlist of the setlist cz I only know of take me to church.. my BF is the one who's into him... im sure ill like his music by then 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted February 26, 2019 Wasteland, Baby! will be here in a few days, whoooop!! Anyone else excited?? @@Nobody was kind enough to share a Reddit page with me where you can ask him a question! Thank you! https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/av2p75/hozier_wasteland_baby_ama/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=popheads&utm_content=t1_ehc7x24 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted February 26, 2019 You can hear Wasteland, Baby! in the background while he unpacks the vinyl. It sounds so soft! I thought it would be harsher. Video: https://twitter.com/Hozier/status/1100425257310187521 https://www.instagram.com/p/BuWdcFfAFbG/ Lyrics: I think a verse can be heard in the video but I can't hear all the words, so I guess I'll have to wait until Friday to hear them And I love too That love soon might end And be known in its aching It's shown in the shaking lately Of my wasteland, baby Be still, my indelible friend You are unbreaking Though quaking Though crazy That's wasteland, baby! He has also shared lyrics of No Plan and Talk Refined on his Instagram. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted February 26, 2019 He just shared a tease of To Noise Making (Sing) - it sounds almost like a pop song to me? https://twitter.com/Hozier/status/1100485652628402176 You don’t have to sing it right Who could call you wrong? Put your emptiness to melody Your awful heart(?) to song You don’t have to sing it nice But, honey, sing it strong At best you’ll find a little remedy At worst, the world will sing along So, honey, sing Sing and sing and sing… 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted February 26, 2019 Interesting things from the Q&A on Reddit: Q: How do you hear a new song you're writing in your head? Does it start with lyrics first, or a melody, or do you kind of have a backbone of what something would look like before you go into the studio? A: It can be either. Sometimes it can even be both together, which is great! More often than not, it's a melody that words fall into. Sometimes it's just words on their own that have to find a home in music, which is a little bit tricky. There's no right or wrong when you're writing Q: What's the coolest place you've gotten to record or write music at? A: I think a serious highlight of recording for me was working with Mavis at Chicago Recording Company. That was a day I'll never forget, and a total dream. On this record also ,we borrowed loads of equipment and miked up my piano at home. It was great to record in your own spot, messy as it was. Q: As one of your African American fans I really love the fact that you credit the black artist that inspired you. How important is it for you to give credit to those artists? A: For me, I got into blues music as my first point of musical education. And then from that, I discovered all other loads of music that came after that... how blues became rock and roll and how gospel music secularized into soul music. You can really see that with Sam Cooke and The Soulsters. You don't have the modern canon of popular music without black artistry, so it's just a case of being aware of that and naming it where you can. Q: What is the best place, time, and occasion to listen to Wasteland, Baby! A: Wherever dread creeps in, baby! Q: Can you describe Almost in one sentence? A: I would describe it as a song about what music does to memory or does to the experience of memory and what memory does in return to the experience of music. Q: Are there any songs like Jackie and WIlson or It Will Come Back on this album? A: Yeah definitely. Sometimes you write a song and you characterize it to yourself as a sibling song to something you've written before. There's a song on this record that has a spirit similar to "Jackie & Wilson," maybe sonically. And "It Will Come Back," the best sibling song for that is "As It Was," which I suppose is a song about returning. Q: What was working with Mavis like? She seems so amazing! A: Mavis is hands down one of the greatest people I have ever been lucky enough to meet! She has an amazing presence and is incredibly generous with her time and with her spirit and with her talents as well. I feel very lucky and very honored that she joined me on "Nina Cried Power." She's a super important artist who embodies everything I was trying to write about on that song. Q: Hey hey hey. Who tf is your inspiration? A: Hey hey hey. I'm big into the Leonard Cohens, Tom Waits, and Paul Simons of the world. Q: Ever coming to India ? Or even Asia? Like anywhere in Asia? A: I would love to. I'm really looking forward to spending a bit more time on that side of the world, but it's something I'm really hoping to do over the next while. Q: If you weren't a world wide known singer, what do think your profession will be, if you had chosen a different path? A: I might've ended up trying to study Psychology. I think it's a good thing that I ended up in a creative field though Q: how many songs didn’t make it onto the final track listing, and why didn’t they? A: I'd say a good 5 or 6, possibly more that just didn't even reach producers Q: Which song is the hardest to play live? A: Dinner & Diatribes was a real challenge to learn how to play and sing at the same time. Q: What's your favorite detail from the album art? A: I think the flowers floating in the water is really lovely and the reflection. Q: What do you do to kill time between shows on tour? A: You'd be amazed at how much little time you have to yourself. Between soundchecks, interviews and everything else. In the dressing room I might set up a little keyboard or a guitar and try to play but most of your time you're busy. You're also always catching up on sleep as well 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 45,993 Posted February 27, 2019 Less than two days now! "Celebrate the release of Hozier's new album Wasteland, Baby! live from the YouTube Space in New York City." 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
