Antony and the Johnsons: Swanlights | CD review

(Rough Trade)The fourth Antony and the Johnsons album is more diverse and positive than 2008's The Crying Light, with familiar concerns of death and alienation broadening into family, human bonds, and the joys of love. The most striking development is the way he's using his voice as a musical texture in the mould of This Mortal Coil's version of Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren. Swanlights is more esoteric than previous works, and contains some stunning music in the beautiful The Great White Oce...

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