I haven't really tried with Antony and the Johnsons in the past to be honest, if Elton John endorses something I'm not that likely to go rushing out to sample it so I haven't got too much of a frame of reference with The Crying Light. The bits I've heard I've been a bit ambivalent about his voice which is pretty much what the whole thing hinges on, I really love the stuff he did on the Hercules and Love Affair LP but on his own records I find it a bit much, as undoubtedly impressive as it is. The music is lovely, somehow both sparse and rich, and the songs seem pretty excellent but I'm just not sure about it for my own ear tunnels. It's motivated me to keep trying with them though.. I want to lay on my chaise-longue with a feather boa round my neck and the back of my hand against my forehead, as a swan sympathetically cleans the waterfall of tears running down my face. That's what this stuff is for, right? Fans'll fucking love this one, I'm pretty confident about that. On both LP and CD.
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What their label says...
‘The Crying Light’ looks set for critical acclaim, following the reactions to the heart stoppingly beautiful ‘Another World EP’ and breathtaking sold out Barbican performances with the LSO, that led The Guardian to exclaim that “his legend is now assured”.
The hugely anticipated follow up to the 2005 Mercury Music Prize winning ‘I Am A Bird Now’, declared Album Of The Year by Mojo & Observer Music Monthly & selling over ½ million copies
Tracks
Her Eyes Are Underneath The Ground * Epilepsy Is Dancing * One Dove * Kiss My Name * The Crying Light * Another World * Daylight And The Sun * Aeon * Dust And Water * Everglade
