It's been so long since I've heard anything from Antony and the Johnsons that I nearly forgot about them. I was really excited to find out Antony duets with Bjork on her next single, "Dull Flames of Desire",
to be released later this month. He is a rare talent who can hold his own next to Bjork; they each embody the definition of unique, the realization of being fully and only themselves. This video was made by three
contest winners, who each got a chance to direct one third of the video. The final third creeps me out, but the song itself is awesome:
It's been three long years since the release of Antony and the Johnsons' breakthrough album I Am a Bird Now, but he released five new songs yesterday on the Another World EP. The title track is somber, mournful, dark, but gorgeous as ever. If you click on the video below, do it when you have four minutes to listen to Antony sing to you. Better yet, stop what you're doing and put on headphones. Listen to the timbre, the melody, the catch in his beautiful voice.
To celebrate the EP release, he's playing two very special shows accompanied by a 20 piece orchestra: 10/14 at the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, and 10/16 at the Apollo theater in Harlem. If you have a chance to see either of those shows, you should go.