Hozier touched upon other subjects during his ... Of the new material, “Shrike," which gets its name from the diminutive carnivorous birds who kill their prey by impaling them on thorns, sharp ...

He also had success in his homeland with singles Nina Cried Power, NFWMB and Shrike. Hozier is set to go on tour in North America in Sept/Oct 2018. He will play seven dates, starting in Ottawa ...

Take “Shrike,” for example, which sounds like a sweet, romantic ballad, complete with falsetto parts. But as Hozier was at pains to explain in one of his few lengthy preambles to a song ...

“Wasteland Baby!” arrived in March, building on the deep-voiced singer’s fame with songs like “Almost (Sweet Music)," “Movement” and “Shrike.” Hozier is best-known for his hit ...

Hozier interrupted "Shrike" after fans flagged security to pull an exhausted fan from the pit. "We have to be safe, don't we?" he said to applause from fans for pausing the show. Later ...

Hozier is 28 now, and sitting opposite me in ... heard on “It Will Come Back” in his single “Movement”. On “Shrike” – named after the carnivorous butcherbird, known for impaling ...

Hozier, who turned 29 on St. Patrick’s Day ... (Sweet Music),” getting sensual on “Movement,” and on “Shrike” he sings of love that overcomes the reality that some emotional bruises ...

In 2013, Hozier broke through with “Take Me To Church ... In addition to the soul-searching title track, songs like “Nina Cried Power and “Shrike” show new depth.

Hozier used that theory to arrive at one point ... licks “Nobody” and “Someone New,” to folky stunners “Shrike” and “Cherry Wine.” Bright, crowd-supplied hand claps punctuated ...