Hozier, Koko NW1
Date: 17 September 2014 at 18:00
Venue: 1a Camden High St, London NW1 7JE
About this gig
Andrew Hozier-Byrne (born 17 March 1990),[1] known simply as Hozier, is an Irish musician from Bray, County Wicklow.
The son of a musician, he began a degree in music at Trinity College, Dublin, but dropped out midway through his first year in order to record demos for Universal Music.[3] While at Trinity, he became involved with the Trinity Orchestra. He was a member of Anúna from 2009 to 2012, and appears as a soloist on their 2012 release Illumination singing "La Chanson de Mardi Gras".[4] He toured and sang with the group internationally including performances in Norway and the Netherlands.[5]
In 2013, Hozier released the EP Take Me to Church, with the title track becoming his breakthrough single after it went viral on YouTubeand Reddit.[6] It reached number one on the Irish iTunes singles chart and number two in the official chart on 25 October 2013.