Glen Hansard ‘I’ll be You, Be Me’
If you live and work in the music industry in Ireland, Glen Hansard is talked about like the wild uncle you only see at weddings. There’s sightings and tales of the jokes he tells and the songs he sings, yet when you spend time with him, you find he has this untold tender side. He regales you with softly spoken stories that warm your heart and build to endings that will be retold forever.
And it’s this side of Glen that we get with ‘I’ll Be You, Be Me’. No riffs or anger, no clever lines or quips, just an idea nurtured and softly spoken, looked after as it builds with searching strings and a steady beat. By the end, as Glen’s voice continues to calm through crashing seas of vocals and noise, the excitement builds and we’re left waiting for the next time we can hear from this wild uncle.