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Swanlights

Antony And The Johnsons

Swanlights

Label: Rough Trade

Genre: Rock / Pop

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<p>· Antony And The Johnsons release their new<br />album, ‘Swanlights’ through Rough Trade Records.<br />The album includes the song ‘Flétta’, a duet with<br />Björk. The album and book are a continuation of<br />Antony’s work exploring his connection to the<br />natural world.</p>
<p>· While ‘I Am a Bird Now’ is compelling in its<br />vulnerability and ‘The Crying Light’ is a<br />masterpiece of austerity, ‘Swanlights’ may be<br />Antony’s most wide-rangingly emotional work to<br />date. It is a record that is at moments<br />heartbreakingly tender, and at other times has a<br />joyful gleam to its teeth.</p>
<p>· Unlike previous work, which was often quite<br />sparsely voiced, on ‘Swanlights’ the vines in the<br />garden are overgrown and the sound palette has<br />become more exotic; strange percussive elements,<br />John Cale-esque string drones, heavily distorted<br />guitars and symphonic winds and strings thread<br />the song cycle together.</p>
<p>· ‘Swanlights’ is the fourth Antony And The<br />Johnsons album and the follow up to the critically<br />acclaimed ‘The Crying Light’, which entered the<br />European Chart at #1 and was included in yearend<br />Best Of lists across the globe in 2009.</p>
<p>· Antony burst into the international spotlight with<br />his second album, ‘I Am A Bird Now’, which won<br />the UK’s prestigious Mercury Music Prize.</p>
<h3>Tracklisting:</h3>
<p>Everything Is New<br />The Great White Ocean<br />Ghost<br />I’m In Love<br />Violetta<br />Swanlights<br />The Spirit Was Gone<br />Thank You For Your Love<br />Flétta<br />Salt Silver Oxygen<br />Christina’s Farm</p>