I had no real love for Antony Hegarty’s music before this despairing and haunting song came and changed that. This song is from the new LP The Crying Light out on January 20th.
Antony and the Johnsons – Another World
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
its almost hard to listen to anthony and the johnsons because his lyrics and voice are so revealing and emotionally full, you have to be in the right mood for it. bjorks collaboration with him was great though- it was interesting to hear her voice mix with his.
It’s a great song, but they’ve got better ones; Hope There’s Someone, You Are My Sister, Fistful of Love etc
I think the first 2 albums are amazing. Check out the song, “My Lady Story” off of I Am A Bird Now. I made an old soul mix for a friend and threw that one in between a Nina Simone and James Carr song, and it blended right it…sounds so authentic, it’s cool to hear someone still making music like that. most his stuff is different than that though…way more theatrical. I love this band. Thanks for the post, can’t wait to hear the new album.