He obliges and returns for a three-song encore. After walking from the stage, the chants of “More, more, more, Hozier!” begin. At the back of Hozier’s mind, he probably knows it this is the song that will pay the rent for a very long time, so he rolls with it. The song loses all of its organic beauty. But then it happens, he breaks into Take me to Church and the crowd goes wild, mirroring Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit film clip.īut this is not the ’90s and instead of cigarette lighters in the air, the entire audience reach for smart phones and begin filming, uploading, Instagramming, YouTubing, texting, Facebooking, Snapchatting and tweeting the performance. The crowd seem a little edgy as the keyboard notes begin to Se dated, the eighth track from his debut album.
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It’s almost been an hour and the anticipation of that one song, the 156 million plus YouTube hit, the song that questioned Russia’s anti-gay laws, Take me to Church, is still missing from the repertoire. Hozier yells, “It’s great being in a place where you can get good coffee.” The crowd cheer, he could’ve almost said anything and they would have cheered. His music has influenced everyone from Lucinda Williams, Eric Clapton, Beck and now Hozier, who sings Gin my cotton, sell my seed, Give my baby, everything she need, Everything she need, everything she need. The band leave the stage as Hozier pulls out an acoustic guitar and jumps into Illinois Blues by Skip James the Delta blues singer who barely sold any records whilst alive. Alana Henderson’s incredible cello sounds drone beneath most of the songs, giving the concert an eerie bedding.
Rory Doyle’s drumming on Sedated is sharp, cracking, tight, as he drives the live sound, with the rest of the band member’s handclapping in time with the snare-kit, giving the show a Ronettes vibe. Alana Henderson steps up to the microphone and duets In A Week, which is the highlight of the night, even though the bleached blonde, whitened teeth, the Real Housewives of Toorak directly in front of me stop watching and start taking ‘selfies’ on their Iphones. Hozier’s backing vocalists, one from London, one from the US, are incredible singers in their own rite, giving the show a ‘stadium’ feel but in a good way. When the chorus kicks in, the mosh pit becomes a jumping castle of body’s bopping to and fro. The band begins the slow burning Someone New, with its My Girl (The Temptations) and Sweet Jane, (The Velvet Underground) beginning guitar chords.
Hozier is subdued until the third song, when he says, ‘Hello Melbourne.” The crowd shouts back “Hello!” He adds, “it’s so great to play a little intimate venue to start off my Australia tour”. He smashes out the guitar chords to Angel Of Small Death And The Codeine Scene the lights unfold revealing his touring band, an eclectic entourage of backing singers, a cellist, percussionists and keyboard players. It’s 10.15, show time, and there are no diva antics, as Hozier jogs onto the small stage, the crowd erupts into Beatle-mania like cheers. Taking inspiration from the old Delta blues artist, Ella Fitzgerald, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Hosier’s sound is closer to The White Stripes meets Jeff Buckley. Tonight the little venue that locked Hozier down before he sold a billion records, The Corner Hotel is bursting at the seams with cargo-pant wearing Toorak yipsters and nouveau riche but broke looking Brunswick hipsters, both sides of the Yarra coming together as one beard to beard, Jimmy Choo to Jimmy Choo all trying to catch a glimpse of Ireland’s biggest musical export since Bono and The Edge formed U2. With 156 million plus views and counting of his smash YouTube hit, Take Me To Church, having Taylor Swift on speed dial, hanging out with everyone from Adele to Ed Sheeran, Irish folk and grunge-blues singer Andrew Byrne better known as Hozier is on top of the musical mountain.
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