Glen Hansard, The Swell Season

As I mentioned last month, Glen Hansard of the incredible, wonderful, life-affirming The Frames has a new "solo" album coming out called The Swell Season. I call it a "solo" album because, while it is putatively a solo disc, Glen's partner on the album is Marketa Irglova, a lovely young Czech who I hope to hear more from, and see more of, in the future.

The Swell Season comes out in Ireland this on Friday, and is available for pre-order through Dublin's excellent Road Records here. All told I think it comes out to about 18 Euros, which is approx. $22. Well worth it, considering that the album likely won't surface in the U.S. until this summer sometime.

Whether you go buy it or not -- do it -- go listen to a few songs -- do it -- at Glen and Marketa's MySpace site. If these songs don't make you pre-order -- do it -- nothing will.

Track listing for The Swell Season:

1.In The Arms Of This Low
2.Sleeping
3.Falling Slowly
4.Drown Out
5.Lies
6.When Your Minds Made Up
7.The Swell Season
8.Leave
9.The Moon
10.Alone Apart

Do it.

Edited to add: Not to give him short shrift, but I just discovered that The Frames' guitarist, Rob Bochnik, has his own MySpace site with a couple excellent new songs on it. Go check it out.