His mother, the visual artist Raine Hozier-Byrne, designed his latest album cover in a process that involved submerging her son underwater for extended periods of time: “I had said to mum,” he joked dryly, “Just try to think of the album sales if I do die on this shoot!”Īnother thing: he’s got a gorgeous voice. Standing at six-foot-five, with chiseled features and the occasional man-bun, the mononymic singer even has a kind of Christ-like aura, or at least downmarket Russell Brand. In his music and interviews, the soft-spoken 28-year-old is passionate about noble causes, from LGBTQ awareness to the Irish nurses’ strike and the opioid crisis. “Take Me to Church” is both the title of Hozier’s career-making 2013 single and also his imagined purpose as a songwriter-a purveyor of good will, packaged in radio anthems designed to be sung at the top of your lungs. It’s a well-meaning call to action that’s paid dividends in the past.
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