GLEN HANSARD RELEASES NEW ALBUM
ALL THAT WAS EAST IS WEST OF ME NOW THIS FRIDAY

WATCH JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! PERFORMANCE OF 'THERE’S NO MOUNTAIN'

EUROPEAN TOUR BEGINS OCTOBER 30

This Friday Irish singer and songwriter Glen Hansard is releasing his new album, a collection of songs about life getting closer to completion than commencement, aptly titled All That Was East Is West Of Me Now. A record that is noisy and meditative as well as sprawling and hypnotic, it is Hansard’s most rollicking record since Burn the Maps-era The Frames.

Hansard performed the album track 'There’s No Mountain' on Jimmy Kimmel Live! earlier this month; centered around the inspirational sentiment “there's no mountain great or small that you can't climb," the song points forward to the virtue of simply pressing on, despite cataclysms global and personal that might challenge any stable orbit. Watch the powerful performance below.

Watch Glen Hansard's perform 'There’s No Mountain' on Jimmy Kimmel Live! below.

The recording of All That Was East Is West of Me Now came together in the weeks that followed Hansard’s November 2022 hometown residency and was produced by long time co-conspirator David Odlum (Tinariwen, Sam Smith) at his home studio on the outskirts of Dublin. The process of recording, as of songwriting, “must be an intuitive leap into what feels right…” says Hansard, “When it feels right, I usually run from it, mix it quickly before it collapses.” For the bulk of the record, Hansard was joined in the studio by fellow Frames Joseph Doyle, Graham Hopkins, Ruth O’Mahony Brady, Rob Bochnik and honorary Frame Earl Harvin. Strings came courtesy from fellow live contributors Gareth Quinn Redmond, Kate Ellis, Paula Hughes, Katie O’Connor and Una O’Kane.

Built off the primal energy of The Frames’ Fitzcarraldo and meditative rock leanings of For the Birds as well as the powerfully understated punch of 2015’s Didn’t He Ramble and 2019’s This Wild Willing’s foray into electronics and strings, All That Was East… feels completely unlike anything Hansard has ever done.

At the end of this month Hansard will embark on a six-week run of European shows, including a sold-out date at Dublin’s Vicar Street just before Christmas. All upcoming shows are listed below.

Info & tickets at https://glenhansard.com/tour

Glen Hansard Tour Dates

Mon 30 Oct - Palladium, London, UK
Tue 31 Oct - RNCM Theatre, Manchester, UK – SOLD OUT
Thu 2 Nov - La Cigale, Paris, France
Fri 3 Nov - Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium
Sun 5 Nov - E-Werk, Köln, Germany
Mon 6 Nov - Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Wed 8 Nov - Circus Krone, Munich, Germany
Thu 9 Nov - Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria - SOLD OUT
Sat 11 Nov - Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland - SOLD OUT
Sun 12 Nov - Teatro Dal Verme, Milan, Italy - SOLD OUT
Tue 14 Nov - Velky sál Lucerna, Prague, Czech Republic
Wed 15 Nov - Palladium, Warsaw, Poland
Fri 17 Nov - Verti Music Hall, Berlin, Germany
Mon 20 Nov - Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam, Netherlands – SOLD OUT
Tue 21 Nov - Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam, Netherlands – SOLD OUT
Wed 13 Dec - Vicar St., Dublin, Ireland – SOLD OUT
Fri 15 Dec - Leisureland, Galway, Ireland
Sat 16 Dec - St Columbs Hall, Derry, UK
Mon 18 Dec - Ulster Hall, Belfast, UK
Tue 19 Dec - City Hall, Cork, Ireland

Watch Glen Hansard perform 'There's No Mountain' on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

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