Phenomenal Video Saturday: The Swell Season covers Neutral Milk Hotel

I’ve been a fan of the A.V. Club Undercover series for months now, and I feel like it hasn’t really caught on like it should, considering the incredible quality of a couple of entries. The premise is some artist or band comes in to the publication’s office and covers another song they chose from […]

New: The Swell Season – “Low Rising”

Isn’t that picture adorable? They have a new song!

That’s right, guys! It’s called “Low Rising,” and it’s from the band’s forthcoming album Strict Joy, due out October 27! The song’s pretty good, too! It’s kind of too slicked over for my tastes, but Glen Hansard’s voice is still awesome! Stream the song […]

The Swell Season to release CD

On September 29th, The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova) will be releasing a CD entitled Strict Joy. It’ll mark the duo/band’s first release since its wildly popular Once movie and soundtrack. Yep, everyone, they’re back, bringing with them some emotional tunes of the emotional-est order.

Well, this is cool. I don’t […]