Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Hozier - Biography

Hozier (Andrew Hozier-Byrne) is an Irish musician from Bray, County Wiklow. The musician was born 17th March 1990, and his music belongs to the indie rock genre.

Hozier has only been writing his own music for two years and is mostly known for his song "Take me to church" the song that my group have decided to do for our music video.

Hozier began a degree in music at the Trinity College in Dublin before dropping out to record demo's for Universal Music. Before he was a solo artist he was a part of a band he met whilst in Trinity college, called Anuna.

He belonged to the group in the years 2009-2012 appearing on an international tour with group and appeared as a soloist in the song "La Chanson de Mardi Gras".

"Take me to church" was Hozier's breakthrough song after it became viral on Youtube, causing the song to top the Irish iTunes singles chart and second place on the official chart (25th October 2013).

I was first made aware of this song when one of my friends when to Leeds festival and he performed this song there. He has also toured in the United States,  earlier this year (June) the artist announced that he will be releasing his debut album called "Hozier". The Album was released in September in Ireland and has recently just been released globally this month.

2 comments:

  1. Great overview and good opener to viewers who are not aware of his work:)
    Think about breaking up paragraphs a little more so it is easily read please Connor.
    Well done so far.
    Good team work

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  2. I have broken the paragraphs up now so it is easier to read, like you suggested.

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