ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS THE CRYING LIGHT
Her Eyes Are Underneath Antony and the Johnsons’ breakthrough second album I Am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian) The Ground won the UK’s prestigious Mercury Prize in 2005. The success that followed introduced many to Epilepsy Is Dancing a pioneering soul singer unafraid to explore themes that traversed darkness and light, life and One Dove death, male and female. Antony’s inimitable voice sparked the interest of artists ranging from Kiss My Name Bjork to Hercules and Love Affair , resulting in a series of critically acclaimed collaborations. The Crying Light Another World Daylight And The Sun The Crying Light is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up to I Am a Bird Now . Here, Aeon Antony shifts the thematic focus and explores his relationship with the natural world. The Dust And Water intimacy of the Johnsons’ sound is enveloped by avant-classical composer Nico Muhly ’s Everglade symphonic arrangements. The first moments of “Her Eyes Are Underneath the Ground” unveil an animist world in which the leaves are winking and the sun “...dances crystals in my eyes.” The joyful ricochets of “Kiss My Name” and the spiraling waltz of “Epilepsy Is Dancing”are to follow. The record’s centerpiece, “Another World” traces the singer’s dispair in the face of a vanishing landscape. The striking vocal on “Dust and Water” seems to sooth the mind like an unfurling and pastoral “Everglade” concludes the album, Antony stepping beyond the confines of his loneliness and into the landscape to find that his “…Limbs (have) stopped Crying for Home…” Antony falls into a reverie and seems to join the legendary Butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno , whose eerie portrait graces the cover of The Crying Light . CATALOG #: SC194 Antony and the Johnsons’ music bridges the gap between avant-classical music and the blues, CD RELEASE DATE : JANUARY 20, 2009 and the band’s sold out performances have resulted in standing ovations from Carnegie Hall to LP RELEASE DATE : FEBRUARY 3, 2009 the Apollo. The Crying Light is a soul-stirring new work with its daring compositions and FORMAT: CD, LP (VINYL NOT RETURNABLE) captivating vocal performances. Antony and the Johnsons have created a subtle and timely work CD BOX LOT: 25 UNITS that brings a magical and yet changing world to the forefront of our consciousness. 12” BOX LOT: 25 UNITS GENRE: AVANT POP/INDIE ROCK “Before the rapt audience’s eyes (and within our delighted ears), Antony had become an KEY MARKETS: NEW YORK, SEATTLE, unnamed creature in a freshly born world.” — Los Angeles Times , 10/15/08 SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, MINNEAPOLIS, DENVER, BOSTON, CHICAGO, “This isn’t a heart breaking; it’s a heart waking...” — The Oregonian , 9/8/08 AUSTIN, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, “Antony has moved on to a transformed sound still more beautiful. Joining him in the shadows WASHINGTON DC, ATLANTA, PORTLAND, was breathtaking.” — Evening Standard , 10/31/08 SALT LAKE CITY “This latest reinvention means his own legend is assured.” — UK Guardian , 11/3/08 CD UPC: 656605019420
1. Eagerly anticipated full-length follow-up to 2005’s Mercury Prize-winning I Am A Bird Now . LP UPC: 656605019413 2. Antony has swiftly become the best selling Secretly Canadian artist, having sold over 700,000 copies of I Am A Bird Now worldwide, with US scans at over 75,000.
3. Full US tour in February will be his first trek across the States since early 2006.
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