When asked if he was scared of becoming a one-hit wonder, Hozier says, “I hold that s*** at a distance, in the same way that I hold the success of ‘Take Me to Church’ at a distance from myself.”
He adds, “I don’t think that’s the best song I’ve written. And I don’t think it’s the best song I’m going to write. I also don’t think the charts are a strong reflection [of] what work is worthwhile.”
The only pressure he felt, he says, was “self-contained.” He wanted to make sure he was “writing the music that moved me and I felt I needed to write.”
Wasteland, Baby! features the previously released single “Movement,” as well as two cuts from his 2018 Nina Cried Power EP: the title track, and “Shrike.”
Hozier kicks off his U.S. tour March 10 in Buffalo, NY.
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