Listen to Hozier’s atmospheric new single ‘Hymn To Virgil’

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Hozier has released a brand-new single called ‘Hymn To Virgil’ – you can listen to it below.The track appears on an expanded deluxe edition of the Irish singer-songwriter’s 2023 UK Number One album, ‘Unreal Unearth’.Arriving today (December 6), ‘Unreal Unearth: Unending’ comprises the original version of the record, Hozier’s two 2024 EPs ‘Unheard’ and ‘Unaired’, as well as music that was previously unavailable on physical formats.“If I held in my hands everything gold could buy/ I’d still not have a thing worth giving you/ You tell me the sun is shining in paradise/ And I have to watch your lips turn blue,” Hozier sings in the first verse of ‘Hymn To Vigil’, making way for pitched-down, distorted vocals (“I would burn the world to bring some heat to you“).The atmospheric and experimental-sounding single then opens up to a powerful, gospel-tinged chorus.“You are the reason I went through it/ The only meaning as I knew it/ And I can only do my best/ I do not do this for myself/ I’d walk through hell on living feet for you,” he belts out.Tune in here:‘Hymn To Vigil’ was co-written by Hozier alongside Daniel Krieger, Daniel Tannenbaum, Jeff Gitelman, Peter Gonzales and Sergiu Gherman, and recorded as part of the ‘Unreal Unearth’ sessions.‘Unreal Unearth: Unending’ is available via major online streaming platforms, and on 2CD, 1LP and 3LP physical editions.

Buy it or listen through your preferred streaming platform here.The ‘Unheard’ EP features Hozier’s first-ever UK Number One single ‘Too Sweet’, with its follow-up ‘Unaired’ containing the musician’s powerful political track ‘Nobody’s Soldier’.