Hozier

Hozier lives in the middle ground — 24 moderate songs that balance intensity with control. 8 quiet anchors and 2 songs where they let go completely.

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Avg Intensity
34
Songs Decoded
2
Fan Stories

The songs that hit hardest

The controlled burn

Angel of Small Death & the Codeine Scene moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2014
Foreigner's God moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2014
From Eden moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2014
Someone New moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2014
Take Me to Church moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 8 · 2014
Movement moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2018
Shrike moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2018
Almost (Sweet Music) moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2019
Dinner & Diatribes moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2019
Talk moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2019
To Be Alone moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2019
Wasteland, Baby! moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2019
All Things End moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2023
Anything But moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2023
Butchered Tongue moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2023
Damage Gets Done moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2023
De Selby (Part 2) moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2023
Eat Your Young moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2023
First Light moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2023
Francesca moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2023
Son of Nyx moderate
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 2023
To Someone From a Warm Climate moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2023
Unknown / Nth moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2023
Would That I moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2023

The quiet ones

The Wall — Fan Stories

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This song sounds beautiful and is about something terrible and that is exactly what being in an abusive relationship feels like. Beautiful on the surface. He understood that.

Anna — Belfast

I am a gay man who grew up Catholic. This song is the angriest love song I have ever heard. It said everything I spent 20 years being afraid to say. The video made me sob.

Marcus — New York

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