Glen Hansard has announced that Don+t Settle – Transmissions West, the second volume of his new album Don+t Settle – Transmissions East & West, will be released on June 26th, 2026.
Recorded over two nights in April 2025 in front of an audience at Berlin’s historic Funkhaus, the album’s 20-song tracklist features live reinterpretations of songs from across Hansard’s acclaimed career, including material from his four solo albums, his work with The Frames, and The Swell Season, his Oscar-winning collaboration with Markéta Irglová.
Taken as a whole, Don+t Settle – Transmissions East & West captures several things at once: a career-spanning retrospective, a “Best Of” collection, a live record, and a new studio album. To celebrate the announcement of Transmissions West (Vol. 2), Hansard has shared the single “Revelate” alongside a live performance video filmed at Funkhaus during the recording.
“‘Revelate’ is an arms-to-the-sky plea for an intervention. At a time of great disappointment and disillusionment, I needed an answer. Was everything I ever wished for and actively moved toward suddenly gone from my grasp?” Hansard explains of the song’s origins.
“It was the early ’90s and we, The Frames, had just been unceremoniously let go — dropped — from Island Records. That was a shock and a huge injury. I’d been signed by the legendary Chris Blackwell to Island Records just two years previous, and all of my interactions with him were incredibly positive. I later discovered Chris had semi-retired and we were simply part of the general clean-up or clear-out that happens occasionally in companies that are bought, sold and restructured all the time.
“What they overlook, or choose not to see, are the young lives and dreams directly affected by ‘it’s just business’. No one was going to tell me we were done. And we dealt with the earthquake the way any artist must: we wrote our way through it. ‘Revelate’ was the first single from our second and self-funded album *Fitzcarraldo*. Every song is a ‘fuck you’ to anyone who dismissed us. I stand by it and sing it proudly to this day.”
Transmissions West (Vol. 1) was released on April 24th and received praise and support from The XS Noize Podcast (interview), WAMU/NPR 1A (interview), CBC-FM (interview), Under The Radar, Mojo, Uncut and more, while Hansard’s predominantly sold-out tour in support of the album also drew rave live reviews, including from the Chicago Sun-Times.
Hansard recently wrapped a UK/EU headline tour in support of Vol. 1 and has a number of remaining 2026 dates, including a hometown Dublin in-store performance and signing at Tower Records on July 1st, followed by a show at Trinity College on July 2nd.
Both volumes of Don+t Settle – Transmissions East & West feature no vocal overdubs, second takes, autotune or editing, brilliantly showcasing the breadth of Hansard’s talents as a performer and songwriter. The album feels like an important demarcation point in an already storied career, with Hansard looking back across his creative path while continuing to move forward — transmissions from his past, and toward his future.
Transmissions West (Vol. 2) track listing:
1. Revelate
2. What Happens When The Heart Just Stops
3. Just To Be The One
4. Her Mercy
5. This Gift
6. When Your Mind’s Made Up
7. Sure As Rain
8. McCormack’s Wall
9. Leave A Light
10. High Hope
Glen Hansard Live:
06.19.26 – Festival Slunovrat – OPAVA
07.01.26 – Tower Records (in-store & signing) – DUBLIN
07.02.26 – Trinity College – DUBLIN
12.11.26 – Barezzi Festival – PARMA
12.12.26 – Auditorium San Francesco – PERUGIA
12.14.26 – Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone – ROME
12.15.26 – Teatro Rossini – PESARO
Tickets for the tour are available HERE.
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