In addition to vocals from legendary multi-Grammy Award-winning artist and performer Mavis Staples, the EP features instrumentation by renowned Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Booker T Jones who played the organ on multiple tracks. See full track listing below.
Speaking about the EP’s title track and lead-single, Hozier says: "I’m very excited to release my new single ‘Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples).’ The song was written sometime last year – my aim was to credit the actuality of hope, solidarity, and love found in the human spirit at a time when their opposites were being given a mainstream platform 24/7. The song started as a tongue-in-cheek inquiry into modern popular language regarding political awareness and grew from there. In many ways the song is a thank you note to the legacy of artists from the 20th Century whose work still inspire us and whose well we draw from in times of uncertainty. Mavis Staples is one such artist. Getting to work with her on this song was a joy and nothing short of a dream come true.”
Mavis Staples adds, “Oh, Nina is gonna wake the world up. Such a huge sound it could shake the Earth, filled with soul, passion, and fire, and it channels the struggles of some of my contemporaries. I’m telling you when you hear it, it’s going to drive you to rise up.”
Says Booker T, “Hozier is a rare artist who remains a wellspring of creativity. Like a baby who never becomes a child, he lingers selflessly at the source, rendering one fresh song after the other.”
Hozier kicks off his sold-out North American headline tour soon.
Track listing:
Track listing:
1. Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples)
2. NFWMB
3. In Moments Silence (Common Tongue)
4. Shrike
2. NFWMB
3. In Moments Silence (Common Tongue)
4. Shrike
Tour dates:
09/15 Ottawa, ON CityFolk Festival
09/18 Montreal, QC L’Olympia (SOLD-OUT)
09/19 Toronto, ON Rebel Complex (SOLD-OUT)
09/21 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
09/22 Franklin, TN Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival
09/24 New York, NY Beacon Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
09/25 New York, NY Beacon Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
09/26 New York, NY Beacon Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
10/01 Boston, MA House of Blues (SOLD-OUT)
10/02 Washington D.C. Lincoln Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
10/03 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore (SOLD-OUT)
10/05-7 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/08 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (SOLD-OUT)
10/09 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (SOLD-OUT)
10/10 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (SOLD-OUT)
10/12-14 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/14 Tempe, AZ The Marquee (SOLD-OUT)
10/15 San Diego, CA The Observatory North Park (SOLD-OUT)
10/16 Oakland, CA Fox Theater (SOLD-OUT)
10/18 Seattle, WA The Paramount Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
10/19 Portland, OR Roseland Theater (SOLD-OUT)
10/20 Portland, OR Roseland Theater (SOLD-OUT)
10/22 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
09/18 Montreal, QC L’Olympia (SOLD-OUT)
09/19 Toronto, ON Rebel Complex (SOLD-OUT)
09/21 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
09/22 Franklin, TN Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival
09/24 New York, NY Beacon Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
09/25 New York, NY Beacon Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
09/26 New York, NY Beacon Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
10/01 Boston, MA House of Blues (SOLD-OUT)
10/02 Washington D.C. Lincoln Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
10/03 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore (SOLD-OUT)
10/05-7 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/08 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (SOLD-OUT)
10/09 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (SOLD-OUT)
10/10 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (SOLD-OUT)
10/12-14 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/14 Tempe, AZ The Marquee (SOLD-OUT)
10/15 San Diego, CA The Observatory North Park (SOLD-OUT)
10/16 Oakland, CA Fox Theater (SOLD-OUT)
10/18 Seattle, WA The Paramount Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
10/19 Portland, OR Roseland Theater (SOLD-OUT)
10/20 Portland, OR Roseland Theater (SOLD-OUT)
10/22 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre (SOLD-OUT)
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