Name: Rhythm and Repose
Brand: Glen Hansard

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

87203

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2012-06-19

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Supplier US

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Sales:8.875

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045778720323

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Glen Hansard

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Epitaph

An Academy Award-winning songwriter, musician, actor and singer, Glen Hansard was born on 21 April 1970 in Dublin, Ireland. At the age of 13, he left school to pursue busking on the streets of Dublin. Hansard gained popularity as guitar player Outspan Foster in the Alan Parker film The Commitments.

In his native Ireland, Hansard is best known as the front man of The Frames. However, internationally he gained recognition for his leading role in the award-winning film Once. Directed by his former band-mate John Carney and co-starring Marketa Irglova (his real-life musical collaborator), Once showcased songs from Hansard's back catalogue as well as compositions co-written with Irglova.

The soundtrack to Once featured new arrangements of songs previously recorded with The Frames and earned critical acclaim. Notably, their composition Falling Slowly won both a Grammy Award for "Best Song Written for Motion Picture" and an Academy Award for "Best Original Song" in 2007.

glen hansard's journeyman career has so many fantastic stories, from his shy film debut in the commitments to the surprise success of his indie hit film once. in between he has lifted audiences around the world with his spiritual, driven performances, as the leader of lauded irish heroes the frames, and half of the duo the swell season. now glen hansard is finally where he wants to be, with no intervening structure between him and his audience. for rhythm and repose, hansard has stripped away the emotional layers to reach a core, a core that shines through in songs like 'love don't leave me waiting' with its easy, muscle shoals vibe. there is also a new power of feeling on songs like 'philander,' with hansard capturing a vocal intensity live in the studio we have not heard from him before. and this is glen hansard's time. building on the success of once, now a broadway musical receiving rave reviews and talk of tony awards, glen is part of this season's hottest soundtrack, the hunger games, which features glen performing under his own name, and as a writer for maroon five's track 'come away from the water.' hansard is poised to join his heroes van morrison and bob dylan as a musical icon, and this is the album on which he finally puts his name.

Rhythm and Repose

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