Hozier’s uncle Liam is a musician and always had all sorts of instruments around for the family to bang around on. Uncle Liam had such a collection that Hozier’s first electric guitar—a blue Fender Strat seen in his NPR Tiny Desk Concert—and this Danelectro U2 Resonator were given to him to make room for more gear. You’ll see this unique reso make an appearance on his folkier tunes like “Real People Do” (standard), “It Will Come Back” (D–A–F–D–A–D) and “In a Week” (D–G–D–G–B–D). Similar to the earlier hollowbodies, the U2 goes with D’Addario NYXL .010–.046 strings.