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**capeAngedlelp** · 08-25-2010, 12:06 AM

More bad news:

In what amounts to a very crappy week for The Swell Season, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova have all but confirmed that their Oscar winning partnership is over. Hansard’s old band, The Frames, have already announced new tour dates and he recently told Spinner.com that “getting together and making music with Mar was a side thing for me, but it felt absolutely right. He says he’s planning a return to The Frames and that The Swell Season “will eventually naturally end,” adding, “the thing I’ve learned with this band is that when you’re political and careerist about it, it doesn’t work – it just shines less.”

The news comes at a bad time for the Irish folk-rock duo, as last week saw San Jose, Calif. resident Michael Pickels commit suicide by jumping from the top of a building on to the stage during a concert at the Saratoga Winery. Hansard says the breakup has nothing to do with the tragedy, and while Irglova hasn’t officially commented on the news, he predicts that his songwriting partner (and one time lover) will go on to make a record of her own at some point in time. She’s been playing a new song titled “Crossroads” on tour, and Hansard thinks the piano driven ballad may be on her solo effort. “It’s amazing,” he said of the tune, “I think she’s an incredible songwriter and I think she could make a really beautiful record.”

Check out “Crossroads” below and catch Hansard in action with The Frames on one of their upcoming dates. If you want to catch the few remaining Swell Season shows, you’ll have to catch a plane and see them at one of the following international stops. Tickets are available through the band’s website. http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/0...call-it-quits/

Cries forever.

I'm so happy to have seen them and discovered their music when I did. It means so much to my husband and I!

08-25-2010, 12:06 AM	#17
capeAngedlelp Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 538 Senior Member	More bad news: In what amounts to a very crappy week for The Swell Season, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova have all but confirmed that their Oscar winning partnership is over. Hansard’s old band, The Frames, have already announced new tour dates and he recently told Spinner.com that “getting together and making music with Mar was a side thing for me, but it felt absolutely right. He says he’s planning a return to The Frames and that The Swell Season “will eventually naturally end,” adding, “the thing I’ve learned with this band is that when you’re political and careerist about it, it doesn’t work – it just shines less.” The news comes at a bad time for the Irish folk-rock duo, as last week saw San Jose, Calif. resident Michael Pickels commit suicide by jumping from the top of a building on to the stage during a concert at the Saratoga Winery. Hansard says the breakup has nothing to do with the tragedy, and while Irglova hasn’t officially commented on the news, he predicts that his songwriting partner (and one time lover) will go on to make a record of her own at some point in time. She’s been playing a new song titled “Crossroads” on tour, and Hansard thinks the piano driven ballad may be on her solo effort. “It’s amazing,” he said of the tune, “I think she’s an incredible songwriter and I think she could make a really beautiful record.” Check out “Crossroads” below and catch Hansard in action with The Frames on one of their upcoming dates. If you want to catch the few remaining Swell Season shows, you’ll have to catch a plane and see them at one of the following international stops. Tickets are available through the band’s website. http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/0...call-it-quits/ Cries forever. I'm so happy to have seen them and discovered their music when I did. It means so much to my husband and I!
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