‘UNHEARD’ (Extended Play) 🍂 The pandemic proved to be a productive time for Andrew as a songwriter. The uncertainty and turbulence provided a muse, prompting him to shape his third album, 2023’s Unreal Unearth, around Dante’s Inferno, his reflections on the world and his own life rendered as descents into the 14th-century epic’s nine circles of Hell. The result was more songs than Hozier knew what to do with. This EP rescues four songs from the cutting room floor, and it’s an entirely justified venture with the tracks sharing the album’s compelling sense of musical adventure. With its ticking rhythm and gnarled bassline, “Too Sweet” (originally considered for the album’s circle of gluttony) tips into the outstanding “Wildflower and Barley” (a contender for limbo), a gliding and swooping pastoral soul duet with Grammy-winning folk adventurer Allison Russell. The late-night funk, “Empire Now” (violence) pairs a sighing slide guitar with a grinding digital beat and “Fare Well” (the a...