Aine O’Connell | Staff Writer Despite his meteoric rise to fame, it’s hard to envy Hozier. After filling the fields of Longitude and Electric Picnic on the basis of six songs, the excitement around his self-titled debut album reached fever pitch. Appearing on TV every five minutes and performing left, right and centre, it seemed as though his album could never reach the impossibly high expectations set out for it. However, the 24 year old Wicklow native has actually pulled it off – ‘Hozier’ is ambitious, well-crafted and simply gorgeous. The album opens with – what else? – Take me to Church, that utterly mesmeric tune … Continue reading Hozier Review