The Swell Season
Formed by the Frames' frontman Glen Hansard and Czech songstress MarkTta Irglovß, the Swell Season (named after a novel by humanist Czech writer Josef Skvorecky) is a songwriting duo with a penchant for vocal harmonies and acoustic-based songcraft. The pop/rock twosome released a self-titled debut in 2006, just after the appearance of the Frames' sixth effort, The Cost. Hansard and Irglovß also appeared as working-class immigrants in the popular Irish movie {#Once}, which was presented at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. The following year, the du...[more]
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VINYL FORMAT. The Swell Season are Glen Hansard (from the Irish band the Frames) and Mdarketa Irglova (classically trained Czech pianist and vocalist). In 2007, Once, a film about two people meeting and falling in love on the streets of Dublin, became an indie phenomenon, as audiences everywhere responded to the unassuming charm of the two leads: Glen and Marketa. Now comes the much anticipated album follow-up to the Once soundtrack: Strict Joy. The band returns to map the ro [ read more ]
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The Swell Season are Glen Hansard (from the Irish band the Frames) and Mdarketa Irglova (classically trained Czech pianist and vocalist). In 2007, Once, a film about two people meeting and falling in love on the streets of Dublin, became an indie phenomenon, as audiences everywhere responded to the unassuming charm of the two leads: Glen and Marketa. Now comes the much anticipated album follow-up to the Once soundtrack: Strict Joy. The band returns to map the rocky peaks and [ read more ]
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The Swell Season are Glen Hansard (from the Irish band the Frames) and Mdarketa Irglova (classically trained Czech pianist and vocalist). In 2007, Once, a film about two people meeting and falling in love on the streets of Dublin, became an indie phenomenon, as audiences everywhere responded to the unassuming charm of the two leads: Glen and Marketa. Now comes the much anticipated album follow-up to the Once soundtrack: Strict Joy. The band returns to map the rocky peaks and [ read more ]
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'Formed by the Frames' frontman Glen Hansard and Czech songstress Markéta Irglová, the Swell Season (named after a novel by humanist Czech writer Josef Skvorecky) is a songwriting duo with a penchant for vocal harmonies and acoustic-based songcraft. The pop/rock twosome released a self-titled debut in 2006, just after the appearance of the Frames' sixth effort, The Cost. Hansard and Irglová also appeared as working-class immigrants in the popular Irish movie Once, which was presented at the Sundance Film F [ read more ]
MP3 $1.05
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This deluxe CD+DVD version comes housed in a three panel Digipack and features a live concert DVD! The Swell Season are Glen Hansard (from the Irish band the Frames) and Mdarketa Irglova (classically trained Czech pianist and vocalist). In 2007, Once, a film about two people meeting and falling in love on the streets of Dublin, became an indie phenomenon, as audiences everywhere responded to the unassuming charm of the two leads: Glen and Marketa. Now comes the much anticipated album follow-up to the [ read more ]
CD+DVD $24.98
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'Formed by the Frames' frontman Glen Hansard and Czech songstress Markéta Irglová, the Swell Season (named after a novel by humanist Czech writer Josef Skvorecky) is a songwriting duo with a penchant for vocal harmonies and acoustic-based songcraft. The pop/rock twosome released a self-titled debut in 2006, just after the appearance of the Frames' sixth effort, The Cost. Hansard and Irglová also appeared as working-class immigrants in the popular Irish movie Once, which was presented at the Sundance Film F [ read more ]
MP3 $1.05
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The Swell Season are Glen Hansard (from the Irish band the Frames) and Mdarketa Irglova (classically trained Czech pianist and vocalist). In 2007, Once, a film about two people meeting and falling in love on the streets of Dublin, became an indie phenomenon, as audiences everywhere responded to the unassuming charm of the two leads: Glen and Marketa. Now comes the much anticipated album follow-up to the Once soundtrack: Strict Joy. The band returns to map the rocky peaks and [ read more ]
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In 2005 Glen Hansard, lead singer of The Frames and Marketa Irglova recorded an album together in Prague while working together on the soundtrack of Jan Hrebejk's movie, Beauty In Trouble. 'The Swell Season' was released in April 2006 and also featured two Interference musicians, Marja Tuhkanen (violin) and Bertrand Galen (cello). In many ways, it was to prove partly inspirational for John Carney's 'Once', a low-budget Irish indie film that turned out to be the most successful independent features of 2007. [ read more ]
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