The Swell Season

The Swell Season

Infobox Album |
Name = The Swell Season
Type = Album
Artist = Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová


Released = 21 April 2006
Recorded = Sono, Prague
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Overcoat Recordings
Producer =
Reviews =
*Hot Press (8/10) - [http://www.hotpress.com/music/reviews/2860833.html link]
*All Music Guide Rating|3.5|5 - [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dxfuxqqdldse~T0 link]
Last album =
This album = "The Swell Season"
(2006)
Next album =

on September 26, 2008.

The initial album came about after Glen and Marketa were approached by the Czech film director Jan Hřebejk while touring in the Czech Republic, and were asked by him to record songs for his upcoming film "Beauty in Trouble". It was the first album that Hansard, the singer for The Frames, had released independently of his band.

Some of the tracks on this album have appeared on other recordings - the track "Falling Slowly" and "When Your Mind's Made Up" on The Frames' album "The Cost", and "Falling Slowly", "When Your Mind's Made Up", "Lies" and "Leave" on the "Once" soundtrack.

In February 2008, the duo won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly", beating songs from the films "Enchanted" and "August Rush".

On October 3, 2008, Glen announced to the audience at their concert in San Diego that he and Marketa had just driven down from Los Angeles where they recorded their voices for an episode of "The Simpsons" when the family visits Dublin, Ireland. They also announced that they were due to record the second half of their new album the following week.

Track listing

# "This Low"
# "Sleeping"
# "Falling Slowly"
# "Drown Out"
# "Lies"
# "When Your Mind's Made Up"
# "The Swell Season"
# "Leave"
# "The Moon"
# "Alone Apart"

External links

* [http://www.theswellseason.com theswellseason.com]
* [http://www.myspace.com/theswellseason myspace.com/theswellseason]
* [http://www.irishmusiccentral.com/theframes/lyrics_the_swell_season.html Album lyrics]
* [http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/05/swell-season-at-uptown-theatre.html Swell Season concert review, photos, video]
* [http://www.bmoretunes.com/?p=219 Recent concert review] by music critic Michael Wiles of Bmore Live
* [http://www.theartistsden.com The Artists Den]


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