#4 "Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene" - Hozier

After a brief hiatus, Dr. Flo's Whimsical Music Blog will now hopefully resume our scheduled programming.

I wanna do Hozier before he gets too big, so I can look back at this later as a big "told you so" when Hozier is all over the radio. I've been on his shit for a while, probably since last December. At that point, he only had one EP out, with four tracks on it. "Take Me To Church" is by far Hozier's biggest song, which is the title track to his debut EP. It had roughly 1 mil views on YT when I found it, and it's at 5 mil now. Plus the local hipster radio station started playing it, so it's only a matter of time before he hits the mainstream. Also, Hozier was recently featured on the soundtrack for Wish I Was Here, Zach Braff's latest film creation (go see it if you haven't). Braff has exceptional taste in music, and his first movie he directed, Garden State, really launched The Shins into the spotlight. "Cherry Wine" by Hozier was listed on WIWH's soundtrack, giving it the Braff stamp of approval.

"Damn, son. Dis song be dope" - Zach Braff*

So about this song: it's actually my favorite of his tracks, even though it's not as well known as "Take Me To Church" or "From Eden" (TMTC peaked at #1 in Luxemburg!). Hozier is this Irish dude with golden pipes. He does some sweet blues/soul shit like you ain't never heard. Nearly all of his songs revolve around love and heartbreak, but ya know, it's blues. So what do you really expect? "Angel of Small Death" is basically about the ups and downs of a borderline-abusive relationship. He knows she's not good to him, but homie's in love, yo.

Homeless guy featured in Humans of New York or future-Irish rockstar?

That's about it, I guess.
TL;DR: Hozier is dope; he gonna be big.

Smooches,
Dr. Flo