Unheard (EP)

Unheard is the seventh extended play (EP) by Irish musician Hozier. It was released on 22 March 2024 by Rubyworks Records and Columbia Records.^[1] It consists of four previously unreleased songs that were recorded for Hozier's third studio album Unreal Unearth (2023), but did not make the final track listing.^[2] Of the unreleased material, Hozier said in a statement that the four songs "might've made it to the circles of gluttony, limbo, violence and the outward 'ascent'", referring to Dante's Inferno, which was the inspiration for Unreal Unearth, but they did not appear on the album "for different reasons".^[3]

Musicians

• Andrew Hozier-Byrne – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (track 2), guitar (4)
• Daniel Tannenbaum – background vocals (tracks 1, 3); keyboards, organ (1); strings, synthesizer (3)
• Daniel Krieger – bass (tracks 1, 3); Mellotron, strings (1); guitar (3)
• Peter Gonzales – chimes, drums, organ, percussion (track 1); synthesizer (2)
• Stuart Johnson – drums, percussion (track 1)
• Jeff Gitelman – acoustic guitar, bass, organ, synthesizer (track 2)
• Stanley Randolph – drums (track 2)
• Lisa McCormick – French horn (track 2)
• Roland Garcia – percussion (2)
• Allison Russell – vocals (track 2)
• Tyler Mehlenbacher – bass (track 3)
• Jordan Seigel – conductor (track 3)
• Budapest Strings Chamber Orchestra – strings (track 3)
• Jennifer Decilveo – drum machine, piano, synthesizer (track 4)
• Sam KS – drums (track 4)
• David Levita – guitar (track 4)

Technical

• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Steve Fallone – mastering
• Andrew Scheps – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4)
• Peter Gonzales – mixing (track 3), vocal engineering (1), programming (3)
• Daniel Krieger – engineering (track 1), programming (1), vocal engineering (3)
• Tyler Mehlenbacher – engineering (track 1)
• Jeff Gitelman – engineering (track 2)
• RJ Cardenas – engineering (track 2)
• Matt Anthony – engineering (track 3)
• Jennifer Decilveo – engineering, programming (track 4)
• Sean Cook – vocal engineering (track 3)
• Sergiu Gherman – programming (track 3)
• Logan Taylor – engineering assistance (track 3)

Allmusic rated the EP three out of five stars, with Timothy Monger naming "Wildflower and Barley" as the best track and regarding the EP as "alternate, but familiar takes on the signature bluesy folk vamps that have built his career."^[4] Racket Magazine praised the musical composition as "lyrics that make you think...surrounded by tremendously interesting musical arrangements".^[5]