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Antony and the Johnsons: Swanlights – review

(Rough Trade)The fourth album from Antony and the Johnsons, a more hopeful affair than its predecessors, opens with the declaration that "everything is new". Elsewhere, Antony, whose favoured subjects in the past have included death and body dysmorphia, chants: "Thank you for your love" repeatedly over a fanfare of horns. Swanlights is not without its bleak moments, but these are conveyed with a greater sense of calm, as on the beautiful "The Spirit Was Gone". It's a relief that "Flétta", the d...

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23:05 on October 9 2010

Antony and the Johnsons: Swanlights – review

Guardian Music — (Rough Trade)The fourth album from Antony and the Johnsons, a more hopeful affair than its predecessors, opens with the declaration that "everything is new". Elsewhere, A... more info

Antony and the Johnsons

17:01 on October 12 2010

Antony and the Johnsons “The Spirit was Gone” Video

Culture Bully — Music video for "The Spirit was Gone" by Antony and the Johnsons from the 2010 album, Swanlights. more info

Antony and the Johnsons

20:48 on October 12 2010

Antony and the Johnsons Release Swanlights Today

Altsounds — Following the success of last year's The Crying Light, the Mercury Prize winning *Antony and the Johnsons* release their 4th album *Swanlights* on Secretly Canadian to he... more info

Antony and the Johnsons

21:33 on October 12 2010

Album review: Antony and the Johnsons' 'Swanlights'

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In the 144-page book of his collages and paintings that Antony Hegarty put out as a companion to “Swanlights,” there’s an illustration of a bloodied polar bear. The... more info

Antony and the Johnsons