Hozier melds gospel with arena boogie at Lincoln Theater

"Take Me to Church," Hozier's gospel-tinged 2014 hit, seems to have gone to his head. It's certainly gone to his current band, a sextet that includes four female vocalists for maximum choral power. At a sold-out Lincoln Theater on Monday, the singer-guitarist and his group gave most of the material a thumping, strident tone that was three-parts gospel music, one-part arena-boogie. The effect was rousing but sometimes monotonous, and not always to the benefit of the songs. Fortunately, the 90-min...