Unreal Unearth

by Hozier

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1.
De Selby (Part 1) 03:39
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2.
De Selby (Part 2) 03:47
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3.
First Time 03:53
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4.
Francesca 04:30
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5.
I, Carrion (Icarian) 03:16
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6.
Eat Your Young 04:03
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7.
Damage Gets Done (feat. Brandi Carlile) 04:28
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8.
Who We Are 04:05
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9.
Son of Nyx 03:19
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10.
All Things End 03:36
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11.
To Someone From A Warm Climate (Uiscefhuaraithe) 04:00
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12.
Butchered Tongue 02:29
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13.
Anything But 03:45
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14.
Abstract (Psychopomp) 04:04
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15.
Unknown / Nth 04:40
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16.
First Light 04:52
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about

During the pandemic Hozier found himself catching up on literature that had long been on his to-read pile, including Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. Not the lightest of reading, but a line from Dante stuck a chord. “There’s a passage in Dante’s Inferno, when he’s describing what’s above the door to Hell. The third line is: ‘Through me, you enter into the population of loss’,”.

“That line just resonated with me. It felt like the world we were in. The news reports were just numbers of deaths, numbers of cases. It was a surreal moment.”

It struck him that the format and themes of Dante’s 14th-century epic, in which the poet descends through the nine circles of Hell, could be the perfect prism through which to write about both the unreal experience of the pandemic and the upheavals in his personal life. “There’s such a rich tapestry there. I didn’t study classics and I’m not an academic, but for me, all those myths are happening around us all the time,” he says. “You can play with them a lot and reinterpret them and then subvert them as well.”

The result is Hozier’s most ambitious and emotionally powerful album to date. It’s a remarkable journey, taking in pastoral folk, soaring epics and tracks addressing the devastation caused by colonialism.

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released August 18, 2023

Musicians

Andrew Hozier-Byrne – vocals (all tracks), melodica (track 3), guitar (4, 5, 12), all instruments (15)
Alex Ryan – bass guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5), background vocals (3), keyboards (3), organ (4), piano (5, 12)
Sora – cello (1–3, 11)
Péter Illényi – conductor (1, 9, 16)
Stanley Randolph – drums (1–3)
Jeff Gitelman – synthesizer (1, 2, 11), electric guitar (1, 2), acoustic guitar (3), bass guitar (3), piano (11)
Peter Gonzales – synthesizer (1, 2, 7, 13, 14), background vocals (7), drum machine (7, 14), drums (8, 10, 13, 16), percussion (8, 10), programming (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14), guitar (7, 14, 16)
Ginny Luke – violin (1–3, 11)
Budapest Scoring Orchestra – orchestra (1, 9, 16)
Jordan Seigel – orchestra (1, 9, 16)
Lisa McCormick – French horn (1, 2)
Huang Ming Xiang 黄民翔 – pipa (1)
Daniel Krieger – bass guitar (2, 6–8, 10, 13, 14, 16), guitar (6–8, 10, 14, 16), acoustic guitar (13)
Daniel Lim – cello (2, 6, 10)
Daniel Tannenbaum – keyboards (2, 7), strings (2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 16), synthesizer (2, 6–8, 10, 13, 14, 16), background vocals (6, 13, 16), organ (6), piano (8, 10, 14, 16), clapping (13)
Stuart Johnson – percussion (2, 8, 10), drums (6–8, 10, 14, 16), programming (8, 10, 14)
Sergiu Gherman – programming (2, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14), keyboards (8), clapping (13), drum machine (16)
The Whole Soul Strings – strings (2, 6, 10)
Drew Alexander Forde – viola (2, 6, 10)
Andrew Kwon – violin (2, 6, 10)
Haesol Lee – violin (2, 6, 10)
Dominique Sanders – bass guitar (3, 11)
Jennifer Decilveo – drum machine, piano, programming, synthesizer (4, 5, 12)
Sam KS – drums (4, 5, 12)
David Levita – guitar (4, 5, 12)
Aretha Scruggs – choir (6, 10)
Charles Jones – choir (6, 10)
Danielle Withers – choir (6, 10)
David Simmonds – choir (6, 10)
Fletcher Sheridan – choir (6, 10)
Gregory Fletcher – choir (6, 10)
Kadeem Nichols – choir (6, 10)
Nayanna Holley – choir (6, 10)
Tony Scruggs – choir (6, 10)
Craig Balmoris – drum machine (6, 16)
Marius Feder – synthesizer (6), clapping (13)
Brandi Carlile – vocals (7)

Technical

Greg Calbi – mastering
Steve Fallone – mastering (1–3, 5–16)
Zach Szydlo – mastering (1–3, 5–14, 16)
David Levita – mastering (4)
Andrew Scheps – mixing
Pete G – mixing (1, 9, 10, 13)
Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (2, 7, 16)
Shawn Everett – mixing (3)
Tom Elmhirst – mixing (6, 8, 14)
Jeff Gitelman – engineering (1–3, 11
RJ Cardenas – engineering (1–3, 11
Viktor Szabó – engineering (1, 9, 16)
Jennifer Decilveo – engineering (4, 5, 12)
Nick Squillante – engineering (4, 5, 12)
Sean Cook – engineering (4, 5, 12, 15), vocal engineering (6–8, 10, 13, 14, 16)
Adam Hong – engineering (6, 8, 14)
Matt Anthony – engineering (6, 10, 14, 16)
Logan Taylor – engineering (8, 10, 13), engineering assistance (6, 14, 16)
Wil Anspach – engineering (10)
Daniel Krieger – vocal engineering (6–8, 10, 13, 14, 16)
Kieran Beardmore – engineering assistance (1, 7, 16)
Liam O'Dowd – engineering assistance (1, 7, 16)
Matt Wolach – engineering assistance (1, 7, 16)
Greg Truitt – engineering assistance (8, 10, 13)

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Born in 1990 in the small Irish town of Bray, Andrew John Hozier-Byrne—better known as Hozier—was first heard in the company of others, contributing his preternaturally powerful voice to Ireland’s renowned Trinity Orchestra and the choral troupe Anúna. But where those early pursuits immersed him in his country’s rich musical traditions. ... more

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