NEWS
USA TODAY
"A little movie called Once gave me enough inspiration to last the rest of the year." - Steven Spielberg in USA Today
ROLLING STONE
"Thanks to [Hansard's] soulful wail, cuts like the excellent 'Trying to Pull Myself Away' and 'Leave' have a solid roots-rock magnetism."
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Hansard, a member of the Irish group The Frames, wrote the movie's songs, and they are softly gorgeous odes to troubled hearts..."
THE NEW YORK TIMES
"[Hansard's] songs, full of ringing open chords and vague lyrics, are earnest and self-dramatizing."
LOS ANGELES TIMES
"...the music is so rich and completely satisfying..."
AP ASSOCIATED PRESS
"[Hansard's] a powerhouse -- his voice can be raw and clear, impassioned and imperfect. But it always feels like you're listening to a true, heartfelt expression of who he is."
DAILY NEWS
"That the songs -- mostly written by Hansard, leader of the Irish rock band the Frames -- are beautiful and brilliant certainly helps the film's cause, as does the fact that the songs are general enough to stand on their own without being connected to the movie or its characters."
THE VILLAGE VOICE
"Hansard...writes perfectly heartbreaking pop songs that are lovely all on their own, chiefly the track "Falling Slowly" heard twice in Once."
USA TODAY
"A little movie called Once gave me enough inspiration to last the rest of the year." - Steven Spielberg in USA Today
ROLLING STONE
"Thanks to [Hansard's] soulful wail, cuts like the excellent 'Trying to Pull Myself Away' and 'Leave' have a solid roots-rock magnetism."
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Hansard, a member of the Irish group The Frames, wrote the movie's songs, and they are softly gorgeous odes to troubled hearts..."
THE NEW YORK TIMES
"[Hansard's] songs, full of ringing open chords and vague lyrics, are earnest and self-dramatizing."
LOS ANGELES TIMES
"...the music is so rich and completely satisfying..."
AP ASSOCIATED PRESS
"[Hansard's] a powerhouse -- his voice can be raw and clear, impassioned and imperfect. But it always feels like you're listening to a true, heartfelt expression of who he is."
DAILY NEWS
"That the songs -- mostly written by Hansard, leader of the Irish rock band the Frames -- are beautiful and brilliant certainly helps the film's cause, as does the fact that the songs are general enough to stand on their own without being connected to the movie or its characters."
THE VILLAGE VOICE
"Hansard...writes perfectly heartbreaking pop songs that are lovely all on their own, chiefly the track "Falling Slowly" heard twice in Once."