{"id":9021,"date":"2014-05-27T15:53:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T15:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=9021"},"modified":"2014-05-27T15:53:33","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T15:53:33","slug":"glen-hansard-drive-all-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2014\/05\/27\/glen-hansard-drive-all-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Hansard &#8211; Drive All Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2014\/05\/27\/glen-hansard-drive-all-night\/11407-drive-all-night\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9022\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9022\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/11407-drive-all-night-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"11407-drive-all-night\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you remember the heart-wrenching indie blockbuster that was 2007\u2019s <i>Once,<\/i> then you probably remember being totally enamored with leading man and Irish singer\/songwriter Glen Hansard.<!--more--> Glen has continued making music with and without co-star Mark\u00e9ta Irglov\u00e1 since then and this four song EP marks his second solo release.<\/p>\n<p>The centerpiece of the EP is a cover of Springsteen\u2019s near nine-minute epic, \u201cDrive All Night.\u201d Glen\u2019s passionate, raw croon is front and center with sparkling acoustic flourishes keeping the song moving. The song features two special guests though unfortunately, Eddie Vedder\u2019s presence on the track doesn\u2019t add much besides a pleasant harmony or two. However, the subtle, swelling saxophone lines of Jake Clemons, nephew to The Big Man himself positively makes the song. Jake fades out during the verses and explodes in the breaks \u2013 truly, this is Clemons\u2019 song. The other three songs came from sessions for Hansard\u2019s solo debut and certainly sound the part. Lots of piano, muted guitar and gentle crescendos provide support for Glen\u2019s pristine singing, bringing to mind rolling Celtic hills, frigid shores and \u00a0a misty Irish countryside. \u201cStep Into The Shadows\u201d ends things surprisingly, with only Hansard\u2019s voice belting out a nearly hymnal melody.<\/p>\n<p>If you weren\u2019t already a fan of Hansard\u2019s, this won\u2019t make you one. However, as a follow-up to his debut and quick release to keep fans tied over \u2013 it&#8217;s great and bound to enhance your quiet evenings and late night walks. (Anti-, <a href=\"http:\/\/anti.com\" target=\"_blank\">anti.com<\/a>) <b>Seamus Hamilton-Pattison<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you remember the heart-wrenching indie blockbuster that was 2007\u2019s Once, then you probably remember being totally enamored with leading man and Irish singer\/songwriter Glen Hansard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1056],"class_list":["post-9021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-utn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}