For Your Consideration: The Swell Season

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August 11, 2010 1:13 pm

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Last year we fell in love with the Swell Season. There’s a lot to love — the movie Once, from which they came, the way Glen Hansard spins a story on stage, his habit of playing his acoustic guitar at 800 mph, Marketa Irglova’s lovely pipes and humble stage presence, and the way their voices can fill a festival like it was an Irish pub. So to help you celebrate St. Patrick’s day, here’s three videos from their recent past.

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Last year we fell in love with the Swell Season.

There’s a lot to love — the movie Once, from which they came, the way Glen Hansard spins a story on stage, his habit of playing his acoustic guitar at 800 mph, Marketa Irglova’s lovely pipes and humble stage presence, and the way their voices can fill a festival like it was an Irish pub.

So to help you celebrate St. Patrick’s day, here’s three videos from their recent past.

The Swell Season – Cactus (Pixies cover)

The Swell Season – Into the Mystic (Van Morrison cover)

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (“When Your Mind’s Made Up”)