Glen Hansard – Don’T Settle (Vol. 1 Transmission E

Name: Glen Hansard - Don'T Settle (Vol. 1 Transmission E | B Side Vinyl
Brand: Glen Hansard
SKU: BSV-981959
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“Don’t Settle – Transmissions East” is the first release of two volumes coming out this year. Highlighting an incredibly prolific and diverse career, this isn’t just a `Best Of’ – it’s a live studio album, it’s no second takes, no autotune, no editing. Just live, raw, direct energy that captures the magic of Glen like nothing released before.Recorded at the legendary Funkhaus in Berlin, a historical East German radio and recording studio, with a huge acoustically perfect orchestral live room – the album was captured in a controlled studio environment, yet recorded and filmed across two nights in the round, with 600 fans in the room each night.This release is not only supported by a nearly sold out UK/EU tour (London show is The Roundhouse) + underplay run in the US, but a feature length film and Making of, documenting this special time in Glens’ career where we look to both the past and the future.

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Record Details

Label	PLATEAU
Catalog No	PLATEAU 75
Format	Vinyl LP
Release Date	April 2026
Condition	New / Sealed

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Glen Hansard Don’t Settle (Vol. 1 Transmission E vinyl is the first of two planned volumes from PLATEAU Records, catalog number PLATEAU 75, and it documents something genuinely rare: a live studio album with no second takes, no autotune, and no editing of any kind.

Who Glen Hansard Is and Why This Record Exists

Glen Hansard has built one of the most consistently compelling careers in contemporary folk and rock, moving between solo work, his band The Frames, and the Swell Season project with a restlessness that has kept his output honest and unpredictable across decades. This release is not a retrospective in the conventional sense. It draws from a prolific and wide-ranging catalog, but the intent is less about looking back and more about capturing where Hansard stands right now, with all of that history present in the room. The format was chosen deliberately: two nights, six hundred fans seated in the round each night, the whole thing recorded and filmed simultaneously. No safety net.

The Funkhaus Sessions: Glen Hansard Don’t Settle (Vol. 1 Transmission E vinyl in Context

The recording location matters here. Funkhaus Berlin is a former East German radio and recording complex with an orchestral live room that is widely regarded as one of the finest acoustic spaces in Europe. The room does not flatter average performances. It rewards players who commit, and the controlled studio environment meant every technical detail was locked in even as the energy of a live audience shaped the atmosphere. What ended up on tape across those two nights is described by the label as capturing something no previous Hansard release has managed: direct, raw energy without any of the polish that typically separates a studio record from a live one. That is a meaningful claim, and the format backs it up.

The Pressing and Why Collectors Should Pay Attention

This LP comes from PLATEAU Records under catalog number PLATEAU 75, positioned as Volume 1 of a two-part project releasing within the same year, which means the companion volume is already in motion. The release is tied to a nearly sold-out UK and EU tour that includes a date at London’s Roundhouse, plus a US run, and a feature-length film with accompanying making-of documentary. The vinyl is arriving in a moment of genuine momentum around this project, not as a standalone product but as part of a larger documented chapter in Hansard’s career. Collectors who want the physical record connected to that first volume, before the second shifts attention, are working with a limited window. PLATEAU 75 is the catalog number to know.