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The Swell Season

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Strict Joy (2009)

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2 Mixed

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Dublin, Ireland

Genre
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Folk

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Mood
Bittersweet

Born

2005

Active
2005 to 2011

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Alternate Name
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

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The Swell Season - Low Rising
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The Swell Season - In These Arms
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The Swell Season - Feeling the Pull
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The Swell Season - The Rain
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The Swell Season - Fantasy Man

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The Swell Season is a folk rock duo formed by Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Markéta Irglová. "The Swell Season" name is derived from Hansard's favourite novel by Josef Škvorecký from 1975 bearing the same title. Their debut album goes by the same name.

Since their rise to prominence after starring in the 2007 film Once, they increasingly referred to themselves as "The Swell Season" in promotion of their performances until it became the formal name of their collaboration in 2008. (Notably, they still used their separate names when they contributed their cover of Bob Dylan's "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" to the 2007 soundtrack of I'm Not There.)

From 2007 through 2010, a documentary film was made about Irglova and Hansard called The Swell Season. The documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2011 to positive reviews.