Hozier

In this photo, "Shure" marking is visible on the microphone, and this type matches to Shure SM7B.

Used on vocals for the demos and final mixes of the Take Me to Church EP, as stated by mix engineer Rob Kirwan in this March 2015 Sound on Sound interview.

“Andrew had worked with a few other producers,” recalled Kirwan, “with quite poppy results, with which he was not very comfortable, so he never went forward with those recordings. So he set about doing some demos in his attic, on a Logic system, and the brief from the record company was for him to redo his vocals on three songs, and for me to then mix these tracks. When I heard the demos I felt that the vocals were the best thing about them, but that we had to re–record everything else, because many of the instruments sounded too thin and not powerful enough. So we did it exactly the other way round!" (...) “I recorded Andrew’s vocals with him in the room, right behind me, so there were no natural acoustics on them. I already spoke about my CMV563/M7 vocal chain. I also always had a Sennheiser M441 on him as a sort of safeguard, and I combined these two while mixing. My mic pre on the 441 was the 1071, and I also had the Vac Rac EQ on his vocals, and the LA2A. So the vocal chain was as warm as it could be. The mic he used in his attic is a Neumann U87. The problem with 87s and 414s for me is that they are so accurate that everything sounds pretty sterile on them, hence my preference for using Gefells and other unusual microphones with lots of character. But it worked on his vocals because his performance was so good.”

Hozier used the Shure Beta 58A microphone for the entire band's vocals until mid-2015. While Hozier briefly switched to the Shure KSM8, other band members continued using the Beta 58A. By late February 2016, Hozier resumed using the Beta 58A for his vocals. This is evident in the live performance of "Angel Of Small Death & The Codeine Scene" at the iTunes Festival in London, available on YouTube.

Used on vocals for "Take Me to Church", as stated by mix engineer Rob Kirwan in this March 2015 Sound on Sound interview.

“I recorded Andrew’s vocals with him in the room, right behind me, so there were no natural acoustics on them. I already spoke about my CMV563/M7 vocal chain. I also always had a Sennheiser M441 on him as a sort of safeguard, and I combined these two while mixing. My mic pre on the 441 was the 1071, and I also had the Vac Rac EQ on his vocals, and the LA2A. So the vocal chain was as warm as it could be. The mic he used in his attic is a Neumann U87. The problem with 87s and 414s for me is that they are so accurate that everything sounds pretty sterile on them, hence my preference for using Gefells and other unusual microphones with lots of character. But it worked on his vocals because his performance was so good.”

The version goes unspecified in both this interview and on Kirwan's official microphone inventory list, evincing that it is the original U version.

Andrew Hozier uses Shure KSM8 Dual Diaphragm Mic for his entire show since mid-2015.

For "Take Me To Church" recording, Hozier sung into Neumann CMV563 microphone, which is owned by Rob Kirwan, producer and engineer of the song.

Hozier can be seen using a the t.bone SC 1100 microphone at the start of the video, with a close up shot at 1:12, to record his vocals in the video for the song Cherry Wine.

Used on guitar and organ for the Take Me to Church EP, as stated by mix engineer Rob Kirwan in this March 2015 Sound on Sound interview.

“Guitars I generally record using an SM57 and a Sontronics Delta. The former will go through a ‘lunchbox’ Neve 1073 copy, and the latter through an API 3124+. I’ll compress that with the ADL 100 and an LA2A. The Delta is a ribbon mic, and I use it a lot. I like Sontronics’ ribbon microphones. They give you that ribbon sound, but the problem with a lot of traditional ribbon mics is that the gain is so low that you end up bringing up a lot of noise to get them to speak. I don’t think it is worth it, whereas the Sontronics microphones require phantom power to start off with, which is pretty wild, and they are loud. They really complement the 57. The Delta mic gives the guitar lovely warmth and big bottom end, and the 57 picks up the edgy stuff in the middle. I use those two microphones on pretty much every guitar amplifier that I record."

Used on guitar and organ for the Take Me to Church EP, as stated by mix engineer Rob Kirwan in this March 2015 Sound on Sound interview.

“Guitars I generally record using an SM57 and a Sontronics Delta. The former will go through a ‘lunchbox’ Neve 1073 copy, and the latter through an API 3124+. I’ll compress that with the ADL 100 and an LA2A. The Delta is a ribbon mic, and I use it a lot. I like Sontronics’ ribbon microphones. They give you that ribbon sound, but the problem with a lot of traditional ribbon mics is that the gain is so low that you end up bringing up a lot of noise to get them to speak. I don’t think it is worth it, whereas the Sontronics microphones require phantom power to start off with, which is pretty wild, and they are loud. They really complement the 57. The Delta mic gives the guitar lovely warmth and big bottom end, and the 57 picks up the edgy stuff in the middle. I use those two microphones on pretty much every guitar amplifier that I record."