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Rated by Author: 5/5 On March 17, 2023, Hozier released his first extended play record (or EP) in several years. It's titled Eat Your Young, and is currently being met with critical acclaim, from both Hozier's fans, and from music reviewers alike. On Metacritic, a website that allows fans to rate music, he's currently rated a 79 out of 100, which is a favorable rating. This album is very inspired by folk music, as well as rock, alternative pop, and R&B. The varied instrumentation is refreshing to hear from Hozier.The thought provoking lyrics are sung in all 3 of the songs included in this EP. Starting off with “Eat Your Young”, the title references A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, in which he sarcastically suggests that the Irish should eat their young, in order to not starve. However, the lyrics in this song could be taken in a more literal sense, with lyrics such as “I’m starvin, darlin, let me put my lips to something, let me wrap my teeth around the world..” All in all, this song implies multiple forms of gluttony, from the gluttony of war to literal gluttony. With “All Things End”, the instrumentation at the beginning is mainly acoustic guitar, clapping, and piano. It follows the usual formula of a Hozier song, in which no harsh instruments are used (i.e, drums, electric guitar), and the lyrics are definitely full of yearning, talking about how people who go through life without their heart broken probably didn’t do it right. But, at the very end, he mentions how things can begin again, even though things can also come to a close. Lastly, with “Through Me (The Flood)”, it mixes R&B instrumentation and vocals, with a traditional Irish melody, since Hozier is Irish. The lyrics allude to the grief of losing people forever, as well as trying to get over the grief, knowing that the person you grieve is no longer with you, and to be willing to let go. This song uses harsher instruments, mainly a drum kit, which you can hear in the background, next to Hozier’s beautiful vocals, singing lyrics such as “With each grave, I think of loss, and I can only think of you, and I couldn’t measure it..” All in all, each song in this new EP flows beautifully, all having the same rhythms, vocals, and lyricism that Hozier is well-known for. This is just a taste of what is confirmed to be part of his upcoming album, Unreal Unearth, being set to come out sometime in fall of 2023. Comments are closed.
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