Its about electing some new form of worship—something worthwhile, Byrne says. Something that is worth loving. Something that is tangible and real. Byrne found that the message also lent itself to the LGBT communitys struggle against discrimination and hate. He decided to deploy it as the soundtrack of a brutal video about abuses occurring against the gay community in Russia that he hoped would have a greater impact. ... Byrne emphasizes that the video is no exaggeration, and while perhaps it might have been nice to cast the issue in a more hopeful light, he and director Brendan Canty (the former Fugazi drummer) opted for realism. We werent trying to go for sensationalism or shock value or anything like that, he says. Of course it is shocking—and it should be shocking—but this is whats going on. motherjones/mixed-media/2014/03/interview-hozier-take-me-church-homophobia-video
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