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- Date Released: October 7, 2008
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Label: Rough Trade / Beggars Group
A haunting teaser for Antony's upcoming full-length
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We Say...
Talk about a comedown: fresh off a disco-diva detour with Hercules and Love Affair (see their club-clobbering crossover single, "Blind"), Antony Hegarty has shaken the glitter from his hair and returned to the dark of the cabaret for this teaser EP, which serves as an introduction to his forthcoming The Crying Light. Beginning with that album's first single (and this release's title song), Another World operates against a stark backdrop of glistening piano keys, brushed cymbals and supple strings. While it's gone through several phases at shows, "Shake That Devil" sounds sufficiently possessed in the studio setting, Hegarty's angelic vocals wrapped in wraith-like feedback. It remains that way until the halfway mark, when it makes a sudden segue from queasy minimalism to an R&B-schooled strut, a near-religious experience driven by steady drumbeats and a squealing sax. The rest of the EP sounds subdued by comparison — conservative even —but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. With nothing but a few art-damaged flourishes interrupting his ethereal flow, Hegarty leads us into the outer reaches of his puzzling psyche. He's as haunting — and haunted — as ever.
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They Say...
The 2005 Mercury Award-winning I Am a Bird Now launched avant-garde/cabaret/chamber pop king/queen Antony into the near mainstream with its lush and heavily orchestrated outsider torch songs. Three years later, fresh from projects with Björk, Todd Haynes, and Charles Atlas, Antony and the Johnsons return with Another World, a five-song teaser EP for the group's forthcoming Crying Light album. As usual, Antony's gorgeous, mournful voice is the centerpiece, especially on the EP's namesake, a sparse, piano-led ballad that finds the singer spilling a list of his "favorite things" that he'll regret not being able to take with him into the next life. From there it's a typical "kitchen sink" EP, stocked with enough stabs at bawdy blue rave-ups ("Shake That Devil"), oddball narratives ("Hope Mountain"), and plaintive reveries ("Crackagen" and "Sing for Me") to tide fans over until the headliner arrives.
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Another World |
4:02 |
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| 02. | |
Crackagen |
2:32 |
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| 03. | |
Shake That Devil |
5:19 |
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| 04. | |
Sing For Me |
2:30 |
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| 05. | |
Hope Mountain |
5:11 |
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05 Total Tracks, 19:34 Total Length
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Credits
- Greg Cohen - Bass (Electric) // Bryce Goggin - Mixing // Doug Henderson - Mastering // Julia Kent - Strings // Stewart Lerman - Engineer // Doug Wieselman - Clarinet // Doug Wieselman - Saxophone // William Wittman - Engineer // Leise Anschuetz - Horn // Antoine Silverman - Strings // Parker Kindred - Drums // Tim Albright - Horn // Antony - Piano // Antony - Arranger // Antony - Harmonium // Antony - Recorder // Antony - Vocals // Antony - Producer // Antony - Art Direction // Antony - Illustrations // Hiroko Taguchi - Strings // Anja Wood - Strings // Maxim Moston - Strings // Maxim Moston - Horn Arrangements // Maxim Moston - String Arrangements // Maxim Moston - Session Director // Jeff Langston - Bass (Electric) // Danielle Farina - Strings // Keith Gary - Engineer // Lisa Albrecht - Horn // Nico Muhly - Conductor // Nico Muhly - Horn Arrangements // Nico Muhly - String Arrangements // Sarah Hewitt Ruth - Strings // Don Felix Cervantes - Portraits // Rob Moose - Guitar (Acoustic) // Rob Moose - Strings // Rob Moose - Vocals (Background) // Daniel Murphy - Art Assistant // Suzy Perelman - Strings // Alex Nizich - Engineer // Pierre Olivier Deschamps - Portraits // Shaun MacDonald - Art Assistant // Margaret McNelis - Script // Try Rinker II - Strings
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