Antony And The Johnsons - Antony & The Johnsons

Antony and the Johnsons (Album) brings the best out of lead singer's Antony Hegarty's soulful and desperately tragic voice, which has a resonance that flows and continues to pull the listener into his world. As a glutton for poetic misery, this album is like a chocolate box selection of fairy-tale like piano compositions, which have a light and almost ethereal feel to them. Obscure titles such as 'Cripple and the Starfish' and 'Hitler in my Heart' are accompanied by even more obscure lyrics. Sometimes you're not really sure what Antony is going on about, but you sure as hell know it's painful, and you should be wistfully looking outside a rainy window with ...  Read the complete review

This album has duly been given a lot of hype and critical acclaim after winning Brits and the Mercury Prize off the back of this album, Anthony and The Johnsons made the big time with this album. The cover art is ahem visually different and definitely stands out ahem. A little thought provoking as well. I think Anthony and The Johnsons quite rightly got a lot of acclaim on the back of this record. On first hindsight this album has some weird titles and this record one of the best of the year from when it was released. A very short album given that it's only nine songs but almost every one of them is perfection. I think Twilight a album opener ...  Read the complete review

Again I feel like I've hit the jackpot with the albums I've got to review this week - with tonight's review of the ridiculously good self titled release from Antony and the Johnsons. For a band that a lot of people haven't even heard of, they're doing pretty well in terms of album sales and fans, attracted by the fact that the sound of this group is absolutely unique. I suppose to my untrained ear they would best be described as a jazz act? According to a couple of the reviews I've read on the group in general they're described as a vehicle for lead singer Antony Hegarty. True, his painfully beautiful bluesy voice is captivating. He sounds like a cross between ...  Read the complete review