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Jul 28, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar Photography by Stephan VanFleteren

Glen Hansard is releasing his fifth solo album All That Was East Is West Of Me Now and has shared a music video for a new song “The Feast of St. John” featuring Warren Ellis. All That Was East Is West Of Me Now is due out October 20 via ANTI-. Check out “The Feast of St. John” below, followed by the upcoming album’s tracklist and cover artwork as well as some upcoming tour dates.

This is Hansard’s first record in over four years and follows a period of Hansard collaborating with Eddie Vedder and Cat Power and live performances with The Frames and Markéta Irglová/The Swell Season. It came together through a series of five gigs Hansard arranged at his small local pub over the course of November 2022. He says in a press release: “A song only becomes what it is through witness; the song finds a different way.”

At the end of the five days, Hansard had a record and began recording with longtime collaborator David Odlum.

Hansard adds: “I told no one. We set up in the corner and played to the locals, some of whom were only half listening. A collection of farmers and workers, dart players, pool sharks. I played two hours of new songs each week, some songs finished, some half-baked. Through this process I realized what I had and what I had to work on further - which songs landed and which ones were only good in my imagination. It solidified my choices right away. It was as if the album appeared in that bar. And not before.”

Of the album’s title, Hansard says that it stems from the “sudden realization that there’s more behind than ahead.”

Hansard recently shared the song, “The Answer is Yes” with Markéta Irglová as The Swell Season.

In 2019, Hansard released the album This Wild Willing via ANTI-. He discussed the album with us in an interview upon its release.

All That Was East Is West Of Me Now Tracklist:

1. The Feast Of St. John
2. Down On Our Knees
3. There’s No Mountain
4. Sure As The Rain
5. Between Us There Is Music
6. Ghost
7. Bearing Witness
8. Short Life
9. Outro

Glen Hansard Tour Dates:

Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova: The Swell Season

8/8 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
8/9 - Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Symphony Hall SOLD OUT
8/11 - Boston, MA @ Boch Center - The Wang Theatre
8/12 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
8/14 - Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center
8/15 - Washington DC @ The Anthem
8/17 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Frederik Meijer Gardens SOLD OUT
8/18 - Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed SOLD OUT
8/20 - Denver, CO @ Levitt Pavilion
8/21 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
8/23 - Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
8/24 - Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
8/26 - San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
8/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Orpheum Theatre SOLD OUT

Glen Hansard

9/29 - Dana Point, CA @ Ohana Fest
10/30 - London, UK @ The London Palladium
10/31 - Manchester, UK @ RNCM Theatre SOLD OUT
11/2 - Paris, France @ La Cigale
11/3 - Brussels, Belgium @ Cirque Royal
11/5 - Cologne, Germany @ E-Werk
11/6 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Jahrhunderthalle
11/8 - Munich, Germany @ Circus Krone
11/9 - Vienna, Austria @ Wiener Konzerthaus
11/11 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Volkshaus
11/12 - Milan, Italy @ Teatro Dal Verme
11/14 - Prague, Czechia @ Velký sál Lucerna
11/15 - Warsaw, Poland @ Palladium Club
11/17 - Berlin, Germany @ Verti Music Hall
11/20 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Royal Theatre Carré SOLD OUT
11/21 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Royal Theatre Carré SOLD OUT
12/13 - Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street SOLD OUT
12/15 - Galway, Ireland @ Leisureland
12/16 - Derry, UK @ St. Columb’s Hall
12/18 - Belfast, UK @ Ulster Hall
12/19 - Cork, Ireland @ City Hall

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