Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová’s artistic partnership led them to beautiful success: Their appearing debut within the 2007 movie As soon as gained them a finest unique track Oscar (for “Falling Slowly”), made left-field hits of the movie and its soundtrack, and made the pair a touring sensation. Hansard and Irglová launched a 2009 follow-up album referred to as Strict Pleasure below the identify The Swell Season — and carried out a record-setting Tiny Desk live performance collectively — however ultimately cut up up and launched into solo careers.

Now, with a Fifteenth-anniversary reunion tour scheduled for later this summer time, The Swell Season has simply launched its first track in additional than a decade: an Irglová composition referred to as “The Reply Is Sure.” A pure companion piece to “Falling Slowly” — this time with Irglová singing lead and Hansard becoming a member of because the track’s second voice — it is a sweepingly sentimental celebration of lives lived in gratitude, with out remorse.

For individuals who’ve misplaced monitor of the singers within the 15-plus years since As soon as — and there are a great deal of dynamite songs on their respective solo albums — “The Reply Is Sure” fills in a good bit of context, celebrating the pair’s latest triumphs (together with a marriage for Hansard) and the endurance of their hard-earned friendship. This is hoping the track is not only a beautiful coda, however merely the most recent chapter amongst many.