Hoziers musical stamp stems from a lifelong obsession with the blues. His father was a drummer with Dublin pub blues band Free Booze and the young Hoziers favourite film was The Blues Brothers, which he watched on repeat. Having grown up in an area where there was a bus every two hours and a rather pitiable internet connection, Hozier fell back on his parent's extensive record collection, including blues, jazz and soul - origins of which you can hear clearly in his work now. He was intrigued by John Lee Hooker, Bukka White and particularly Tom Waits, saying he dove right into the "black, icy water of his weirder stuff." Finally, an artist who's in it for the music, and not just the fame.
I love Stephen King and music festivals; I eat my toast upside down; I daydream about getting married probably a bit too much; and I wish every day for a pet sausage dog puppy (who never materialises – sob).
