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For His 'Roll On Slow' Video, Glen Hansard's New York All-Nighter Gets Animated

Piotr Kabat's gorgeous new animated video captures the Frames and Swell Season singer's notes of alienated longing.
Glen Hansard's new album, <em>Between Two Shores</em>, comes out Jan. 19.

In the years since his Oscar-winning work with , has re-positioned himself as a restrained balladeer, releasing a pair of solo albums ( and ) that double down on the singer's sweet, an Irish rock band with loads of anthemic fire in its belly. He's due to let loose a bit.

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