Glen Hansard : It Was Triumph We Once Proposed

Glen Hansard of the Frames and the Swell Season was a friend, a fan, and a peer of Jason Molina, the gifted but troubled songwriter and leader of Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co., and two years after Molina lost his life, Hansard has offered a tribute in the form of this EP, in which he interprets five of Molina's songs. A short EP issued two years after Molina's death might make It Was Triumph We Once Proposed: Songs of Jason Molina sound like something of an afterthought...that is, until you listen to it. Within the first few moments of It Was Triumph We Once Proposed, it's clear that Hansard has not taken the easy path with the material or his performances. The first words sung on the first track are "Being in love means you are completely broken," and for the next 25 minutes Hansard gives us a tour through the dark and lonely spaces of the heart and soul, a place where there is joy but not without struggle or sacrifice, as reflected in