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Swanlights, the fourth full-length by Antony and the Johnsons, reveals that 2009's The Crying Light was a stepping stone that furthered Antony (now Anohni)'s sophistication as a songwriter, arranger, and singer. While that album's tunes about acceptance, death, transformation, and loss were added to immeasurably by Nico Muhly's gorgeous string arrangements, Swanlights employs the same band, this time augmented by a chamber orchestra. Anohni uses her voice on this set as much as a textural element in her songs as she does to deliver poetic, and sometimes head-scratchingly obtuse lyrics, like "Elect the salt mother, for she is a selective Christ." These songs engage with popular genres from folk-rock to grand classical chamber orchestral, but they do touch on vanguard art song as well. Their themes often comment on the natural world -- a huge part of Anohni's moral conscience -- but lyrically, this is a more difficult album to pin down. Album-opener "Everything Is New" features one of her standard tropes: using a repetitive piano line and her voice to play upon the title in various ways, breaking the words up in various combinations and cadences to create a mantra-like effect before bringing in the band, for a near-modal exploration to hang her lyrics on. "The Great White Ocean" follows it, still using that theme, before becoming its own lovely, near-nursery rhyme; it sounds like a prayer adorned with acoustic guitars, Julia Kent's cello and Anohni's vocal softly moan between and after the verses. "I’m in Love" feels a bit like Steve Reich scoring an early-'60s Doc Pomus song, with winds, strings, upright bass, drums, and piano all melding in an almost fingerpopping, soulful anthem to romance. "The Spirit Was Gone" is a haunting meditation on death, with Anohni accompanied by Kent and a small orchestra, but it's countered by the almost shimmering pop of "Thank You for Your Love." The strangeness of "Fletta," an Icelandic duet with Björk, is in a genre all its own and departs markedly from the rest of the album's contents. The voices are accompanied only by Anohni's piano. The sparse phrasing is nonetheless insistent, its melody walking the margins of folk and classical minimalism (if the latter was heard by Kurt Weill). Classical aspirations continue on "Salt Silver Oxygen," but these songs as a whole feel like a place where Van Dyke Parks might be entertained by the spring-like harmonies of Vaughan Williams' songs. Ultimately, in mood, ambition, and execution, Swanlights is a testament to Anohni's increasingly iconoclastic -- yet gorgeously accessible -- brand of art pop.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Steven Bernstein, StudioMusician - Julia Kent, StudioMusician - Greg Cohen, StudioMusician - Billy Crockett, StudioMusician - Paul Shapiro, StudioMusician - BRYCE GOGGIN, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Keith Gary, Engineer - Scott Lehrer, Engineer - Antoine Silverman, StudioMusician - Nico Muhly, Arranger - Rob Moose, Arranger, StudioMusician - Maxim Moston, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioMusician - Amy Zoloto, StudioMusician - Anja Wood, StudioMusician - Doug Wieselman, Arranger, StudioMusician - William Whittman, Engineer - Danielle Farina, StudioMusician - Stewart Lerman, Engineer - La Magdalena, StudioMusician - Hiroko Taguchi, StudioMusician - Hector Castillo, Engineer - Antony Hegarty, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Will Holshouser, StudioMusician - ASCAP, MusicPublisher - antony and The Johnsons, MainArtist - Kevin Barker, StudioMusician - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Keith Bonner, StudioMusician - Tim Albright, StudioMusician - Parker Kindred, StudioMusician - Suzy Perelman, StudioMusician - ANOHNI, MainArtist - Alex Nizich, Engineer - Lisa Albrecht, StudioMusician - Chad Yarborough, StudioMusician - Sarah Hewitt-Roth, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Rebis Music Kobalt, MusicPublisher - Daniel Bora, Engineer - Jeff Langston, StudioMusician - Briggan Krause, StudioMusician - Leise Anschuetz, StudioMusician - Troy Rinker III, StudioMusician - Lars Brunn, Engineer
2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Steven Bernstein, StudioMusician - Julia Kent, StudioMusician - Greg Cohen, StudioMusician - Billy Crockett, StudioMusician - Paul Shapiro, StudioMusician - BRYCE GOGGIN, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Keith Gary, Engineer - Scott Lehrer, Engineer - Antoine Silverman, StudioMusician - Nico Muhly, Arranger - Rob Moose, Arranger, StudioMusician - Maxim Moston, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioMusician - Amy Zoloto, StudioMusician - Anja Wood, StudioMusician - Doug Wieselman, Arranger, StudioMusician - William Whittman, Engineer - Danielle Farina, StudioMusician - Stewart Lerman, Engineer - La Magdalena, StudioMusician - Hiroko Taguchi, StudioMusician - Hector Castillo, Engineer - Antony Hegarty, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Will Holshouser, StudioMusician - ASCAP, MusicPublisher - antony and The Johnsons, MainArtist - Kevin Barker, StudioMusician - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Keith Bonner, StudioMusician - Tim Albright, StudioMusician - Parker Kindred, StudioMusician - Suzy Perelman, StudioMusician - ANOHNI, MainArtist - Alex Nizich, Engineer - Lisa Albrecht, StudioMusician - Chad Yarborough, StudioMusician - Sarah Hewitt-Roth, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Rebis Music Kobalt, MusicPublisher - Daniel Bora, Engineer - Jeff Langston, StudioMusician - Briggan Krause, StudioMusician - Leise Anschuetz, StudioMusician - Troy Rinker III, StudioMusician - Lars Brunn, Engineer
2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Steven Bernstein, StudioMusician - Julia Kent, StudioMusician - Greg Cohen, StudioMusician - Billy Crockett, StudioMusician - Paul Shapiro, StudioMusician - BRYCE GOGGIN, Engineer, MixingEngineer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Keith Gary, Engineer - Scott Lehrer, Engineer - Antoine Silverman, StudioMusician - Nico Muhly, Arranger, ComposerLyricist - Rob Moose, Arranger, StudioMusician - Maxim Moston, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioMusician - Amy Zoloto, StudioMusician - Anja Wood, StudioMusician - Doug Wieselman, Arranger, StudioMusician - William Whittman, Engineer - Danielle Farina, StudioMusician - Stewart Lerman, Engineer - La Magdalena, StudioMusician - Hiroko Taguchi, StudioMusician - Hector Castillo, Engineer - Antony Hegarty, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Holmes, Conductor - Thomas Bartlett, StudioMusician - Will Holshouser, StudioMusician - ASCAP, MusicPublisher - antony and The Johnsons, MainArtist - Kevin Barker, StudioMusician - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Keith Bonner, StudioMusician - Tim Albright, StudioMusician - Parker Kindred, StudioMusician - Suzy Perelman, StudioMusician - ANOHNI, MainArtist - Alex Nizich, Engineer - Lisa Albrecht, StudioMusician - Chad Yarborough, StudioMusician - Sarah Hewitt-Roth, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Rebis Music Kobalt, MusicPublisher - Daniel Bora, Engineer - Jeff Langston, StudioMusician - Briggan Krause, StudioMusician - Leise Anschuetz, StudioMusician - Troy Rinker III, StudioMusician - Lars Brunn, Engineer - St. Rose Music ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Steven Bernstein, StudioMusician - Julia Kent, StudioMusician - Greg Cohen, StudioMusician - Billy Crockett, StudioMusician - Paul Shapiro, StudioMusician - BRYCE GOGGIN, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Keith Gary, Engineer - Scott Lehrer, Engineer - Antoine Silverman, StudioMusician - Nico Muhly, Arranger - Rob Moose, Arranger, StudioMusician - Maxim Moston, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioMusician - Amy Zoloto, StudioMusician - Anja Wood, StudioMusician - Doug Wieselman, Arranger, StudioMusician - William Whittman, Engineer - Danielle Farina, StudioMusician - Stewart Lerman, Engineer - La Magdalena, StudioMusician - Hiroko Taguchi, StudioMusician - Hector Castillo, Engineer - Antony Hegarty, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Will Holshouser, StudioMusician - ASCAP, MusicPublisher - antony and The Johnsons, MainArtist - Kevin Barker, StudioMusician - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Keith Bonner, StudioMusician - Tim Albright, StudioMusician - Parker Kindred, StudioMusician - Suzy Perelman, StudioMusician - ANOHNI, MainArtist - Alex Nizich, Engineer - Lisa Albrecht, StudioMusician - Chad Yarborough, StudioMusician - Sarah Hewitt-Roth, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Rebis Music Kobalt, MusicPublisher - Daniel Bora, Engineer - Jeff Langston, StudioMusician - Briggan Krause, StudioMusician - Leise Anschuetz, StudioMusician - Troy Rinker III, StudioMusician - Lars Brunn, Engineer
2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Steven Bernstein, StudioMusician - Julia Kent, StudioMusician - Greg Cohen, StudioMusician - Billy Crockett, StudioMusician - Paul Shapiro, StudioMusician - BRYCE GOGGIN, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Keith Gary, Engineer - Scott Lehrer, Engineer - Antoine Silverman, StudioMusician - Nico Muhly, Arranger - Rob Moose, Arranger, StudioMusician - Maxim Moston, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioMusician - Amy Zoloto, StudioMusician - Anja Wood, StudioMusician - Doug Wieselman, Arranger, StudioMusician - William Whittman, Engineer - Danielle Farina, StudioMusician - Stewart Lerman, Engineer - La Magdalena, StudioMusician - Hiroko Taguchi, StudioMusician - Hector Castillo, Engineer - Antony Hegarty, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Will Holshouser, StudioMusician - ASCAP, MusicPublisher - antony and The Johnsons, MainArtist - Kevin Barker, StudioMusician - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Keith Bonner, StudioMusician - Tim Albright, StudioMusician - Parker Kindred, StudioMusician - Suzy Perelman, StudioMusician - ANOHNI, MainArtist - Alex Nizich, Engineer - Lisa Albrecht, StudioMusician - Chad Yarborough, StudioMusician - Sarah Hewitt-Roth, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Rebis Music Kobalt, MusicPublisher - Daniel Bora, Engineer - Jeff Langston, StudioMusician - Briggan Krause, StudioMusician - Leise Anschuetz, StudioMusician - Troy Rinker III, StudioMusician - Lars Brunn, Engineer
2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Steven Bernstein, StudioMusician - Julia Kent, StudioMusician - Greg Cohen, StudioMusician - Billy Crockett, StudioMusician - Paul Shapiro, StudioMusician - BRYCE GOGGIN, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Keith Gary, Engineer - Scott Lehrer, Engineer - Antoine Silverman, StudioMusician - Nico Muhly, Arranger - Rob Moose, Arranger, StudioMusician - Maxim Moston, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioMusician - Amy Zoloto, StudioMusician - Anja Wood, StudioMusician - Doug Wieselman, Arranger, StudioMusician - William Whittman, Engineer - Danielle Farina, StudioMusician - Stewart Lerman, Engineer - La Magdalena, StudioMusician - Hiroko Taguchi, StudioMusician - Hector Castillo, Engineer - Antony Hegarty, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Will Holshouser, StudioMusician - ASCAP, MusicPublisher - antony and The Johnsons, MainArtist - Kevin Barker, StudioMusician - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Keith Bonner, StudioMusician - Tim Albright, StudioMusician - Parker Kindred, StudioMusician - Suzy Perelman, StudioMusician - ANOHNI, MainArtist - Alex Nizich, Engineer - Lisa Albrecht, StudioMusician - Chad Yarborough, StudioMusician - Sarah Hewitt-Roth, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Rebis Music Kobalt, MusicPublisher - Daniel Bora, Engineer - Jeff Langston, StudioMusician - Briggan Krause, StudioMusician - Leise Anschuetz, StudioMusician - Troy Rinker III, StudioMusician - Lars Brunn, Engineer
2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Steven Bernstein, StudioMusician - Julia Kent, StudioMusician - Greg Cohen, StudioMusician - Billy Crockett, StudioMusician - Paul Shapiro, StudioMusician - BRYCE GOGGIN, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Keith Gary, Engineer - Scott Lehrer, Engineer - Antoine Silverman, StudioMusician - Nico Muhly, Arranger - Rob Moose, Arranger, StudioMusician - Maxim Moston, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioMusician - Amy Zoloto, StudioMusician - Anja Wood, StudioMusician - Doug Wieselman, Arranger, StudioMusician - William Whittman, Engineer - Danielle Farina, StudioMusician - Stewart Lerman, Engineer - La Magdalena, StudioMusician - Hiroko Taguchi, StudioMusician - Hector Castillo, Engineer - Antony Hegarty, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Will Holshouser, StudioMusician - ASCAP, MusicPublisher - antony and The Johnsons, MainArtist - Kevin Barker, StudioMusician - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Keith Bonner, StudioMusician - Tim Albright, StudioMusician - Parker Kindred, StudioMusician - Suzy Perelman, StudioMusician - ANOHNI, MainArtist - Alex Nizich, Engineer - Lisa Albrecht, StudioMusician - Chad Yarborough, StudioMusician - Sarah Hewitt-Roth, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Rebis Music Kobalt, MusicPublisher - Daniel Bora, Engineer - Jeff Langston, StudioMusician - Briggan Krause, StudioMusician - Leise Anschuetz, StudioMusician - Troy Rinker III, StudioMusician - Lars Brunn, Engineer
2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Steven Bernstein, StudioMusician - Julia Kent, StudioMusician - Greg Cohen, StudioMusician - Billy Crockett, StudioMusician - Paul Shapiro, StudioMusician - BRYCE GOGGIN, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Keith Gary, Engineer - Scott Lehrer, Engineer - Antoine Silverman, StudioMusician - Nico Muhly, Arranger - Rob Moose, Arranger, StudioMusician - Maxim Moston, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioMusician - Amy Zoloto, StudioMusician - Anja Wood, StudioMusician - Doug Wieselman, Arranger, StudioMusician - William Whittman, Engineer - Danielle Farina, StudioMusician - Stewart Lerman, Engineer - La Magdalena, StudioMusician - Hiroko Taguchi, StudioMusician - Hector Castillo, Engineer - Antony Hegarty, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Will Holshouser, StudioMusician - ASCAP, MusicPublisher - antony and The Johnsons, MainArtist - Kevin Barker, StudioMusician - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Keith Bonner, StudioMusician - Tim Albright, StudioMusician - Parker Kindred, StudioMusician - Suzy Perelman, StudioMusician - ANOHNI, MainArtist - Alex Nizich, Engineer - Lisa Albrecht, StudioMusician - Chad Yarborough, StudioMusician - Sarah Hewitt-Roth, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Rebis Music Kobalt, MusicPublisher - Daniel Bora, Engineer - Jeff Langston, StudioMusician - Briggan Krause, StudioMusician - Leise Anschuetz, StudioMusician - Troy Rinker III, StudioMusician - Lars Brunn, Engineer
2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Steven Bernstein, StudioMusician - Julia Kent, StudioMusician - Greg Cohen, StudioMusician - Billy Crockett, StudioMusician - Paul Shapiro, StudioMusician - Björk Gudmundsdottir, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - BRYCE GOGGIN, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Keith Gary, Engineer - Scott Lehrer, Engineer - Antoine Silverman, StudioMusician - Nico Muhly, Arranger - Rob Moose, Arranger, StudioMusician - Maxim Moston, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioMusician - Amy Zoloto, StudioMusician - Anja Wood, StudioMusician - Doug Wieselman, Arranger, StudioMusician - William Whittman, Engineer - Danielle Farina, StudioMusician - Stewart Lerman, Engineer - La Magdalena, StudioMusician - Hiroko Taguchi, StudioMusician - Hector Castillo, Engineer - Antony Hegarty, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Will Holshouser, StudioMusician - ASCAP, MusicPublisher - antony and The Johnsons, MainArtist - Kevin Barker, StudioMusician - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Keith Bonner, StudioMusician - Tim Albright, StudioMusician - Parker Kindred, StudioMusician - Suzy Perelman, StudioMusician - ANOHNI, MainArtist - Alex Nizich, Engineer - Lisa Albrecht, StudioMusician - Chad Yarborough, StudioMusician - Sarah Hewitt-Roth, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Rebis Music Kobalt, MusicPublisher - Daniel Bora, Engineer - Jeff Langston, StudioMusician - Briggan Krause, StudioMusician - Leise Anschuetz, StudioMusician - Troy Rinker III, StudioMusician - Lars Brunn, Engineer
2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Steven Bernstein, StudioMusician - Julia Kent, StudioMusician - Greg Cohen, StudioMusician - Billy Crockett, StudioMusician - Paul Shapiro, StudioMusician - BRYCE GOGGIN, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Damian Taylor, Engineer - Keith Gary, Engineer - Scott Lehrer, Engineer - Antoine Silverman, StudioMusician - Nico Muhly, Arranger, ComposerLyricist - Rob Moose, Conductor, Arranger, StudioMusician - Maxim Moston, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioMusician - Amy Zoloto, StudioMusician - Anja Wood, StudioMusician - Doug Wieselman, Arranger, StudioMusician - William Whittman, Engineer - Danielle Farina, StudioMusician - Stewart Lerman, Engineer - La Magdalena, StudioMusician - Hiroko Taguchi, StudioMusician - Hector Castillo, Engineer - Antony Hegarty, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Bartlett, StudioMusician - Will Holshouser, StudioMusician - ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - antony and The Johnsons, MainArtist - Kevin Barker, StudioMusician - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Keith Bonner, StudioMusician - Tim Albright, StudioMusician - Parker Kindred, StudioMusician - Suzy Perelman, StudioMusician - ANOHNI, MainArtist - Alex Nizich, Engineer - Lisa Albrecht, StudioMusician - Chad Yarborough, StudioMusician - Sarah Hewitt-Roth, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Rebis Music Kobalt, MusicPublisher - Daniel Bora, Engineer - Jeff Langston, AssociatedPerformer - Briggan Krause, StudioMusician - Leise Anschuetz, StudioMusician - Troy Rinker III, StudioMusician - Lars Brunn, Engineer
2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Steven Bernstein, StudioMusician - Julia Kent, StudioMusician - Greg Cohen, StudioMusician - Billy Crockett, StudioMusician - Paul Shapiro, StudioMusician - BRYCE GOGGIN, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Keith Gary, Engineer - Scott Lehrer, Engineer - Antoine Silverman, StudioMusician - Nico Muhly, Arranger - Rob Moose, Arranger, StudioMusician - Maxim Moston, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioMusician - Amy Zoloto, StudioMusician - Anja Wood, StudioMusician - Doug Wieselman, Arranger, StudioMusician - William Whittman, Engineer - Danielle Farina, StudioMusician - Stewart Lerman, Engineer - La Magdalena, StudioMusician - Hiroko Taguchi, StudioMusician - Hector Castillo, Engineer - Antony Hegarty, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Will Holshouser, StudioMusician - ASCAP, MusicPublisher - antony and The Johnsons, MainArtist - Kevin Barker, StudioMusician - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Keith Bonner, StudioMusician - Tim Albright, StudioMusician - Parker Kindred, StudioMusician - Suzy Perelman, StudioMusician - ANOHNI, MainArtist - Alex Nizich, Engineer - Lisa Albrecht, StudioMusician - Chad Yarborough, StudioMusician - Sarah Hewitt-Roth, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Rebis Music Kobalt, MusicPublisher - Daniel Bora, Engineer - Jeff Langston, StudioMusician - Briggan Krause, StudioMusician - Leise Anschuetz, StudioMusician - Troy Rinker III, StudioMusician - Lars Brunn, Engineer
2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Resenha do Álbum
Swanlights, the fourth full-length by Antony and the Johnsons, reveals that 2009's The Crying Light was a stepping stone that furthered Antony (now Anohni)'s sophistication as a songwriter, arranger, and singer. While that album's tunes about acceptance, death, transformation, and loss were added to immeasurably by Nico Muhly's gorgeous string arrangements, Swanlights employs the same band, this time augmented by a chamber orchestra. Anohni uses her voice on this set as much as a textural element in her songs as she does to deliver poetic, and sometimes head-scratchingly obtuse lyrics, like "Elect the salt mother, for she is a selective Christ." These songs engage with popular genres from folk-rock to grand classical chamber orchestral, but they do touch on vanguard art song as well. Their themes often comment on the natural world -- a huge part of Anohni's moral conscience -- but lyrically, this is a more difficult album to pin down. Album-opener "Everything Is New" features one of her standard tropes: using a repetitive piano line and her voice to play upon the title in various ways, breaking the words up in various combinations and cadences to create a mantra-like effect before bringing in the band, for a near-modal exploration to hang her lyrics on. "The Great White Ocean" follows it, still using that theme, before becoming its own lovely, near-nursery rhyme; it sounds like a prayer adorned with acoustic guitars, Julia Kent's cello and Anohni's vocal softly moan between and after the verses. "I’m in Love" feels a bit like Steve Reich scoring an early-'60s Doc Pomus song, with winds, strings, upright bass, drums, and piano all melding in an almost fingerpopping, soulful anthem to romance. "The Spirit Was Gone" is a haunting meditation on death, with Anohni accompanied by Kent and a small orchestra, but it's countered by the almost shimmering pop of "Thank You for Your Love." The strangeness of "Fletta," an Icelandic duet with Björk, is in a genre all its own and departs markedly from the rest of the album's contents. The voices are accompanied only by Anohni's piano. The sparse phrasing is nonetheless insistent, its melody walking the margins of folk and classical minimalism (if the latter was heard by Kurt Weill). Classical aspirations continue on "Salt Silver Oxygen," but these songs as a whole feel like a place where Van Dyke Parks might be entertained by the spring-like harmonies of Vaughan Williams' songs. Ultimately, in mood, ambition, and execution, Swanlights is a testament to Anohni's increasingly iconoclastic -- yet gorgeously accessible -- brand of art pop.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
Sobre o álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 11 faixa(s)
- Duração total: 00:46:21
- Artistas principais: Antony And The Johnsons ANOHNI
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Gravadora: Rough Trade
- Género: Rock Alternativo & Indie
2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2010 Antony Hegarty under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
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