Glen Hansard has announced his fourth solo album ‘This Wild Willing’ out April 12th featuring the single I’ll Be You, Be Me.

“This collection of songs is mainly made up of those that came through while improvising and following the melodic lines and threads,” Hansard explained. “Sometimes when you take a small musical fragment and you care for it, follow it and build it up slowly, it can become a thing of wonder.” 

This Wild Willing was conceived in Paris and recorded at the French Black Box studios with producer David Odlum with classically-trained Iranian musicians the Khoshravesh brothers, long-time Hansard associates Joe Doyle (bass) and ROMY (piano, vocals, string arrangements), and Dublin electronic musicians Deasy and Dunk Murphy (Sunken Foal).

Glen Hansard plays Vicar Street April 9 and 10th. Tickets on sale now.