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Antony & The Johnsons
New York-based androgynous singer-songwriter Antony Hegarty (born in Britain, raised in California) formed the Johnsons and released Antony & The Johnsons (Rebis, 2000 - Secretely Canadian, 2005), an album of sophisticated pop songs.
Antony and the johnsons first album
The noir, expressionistic ambience and a vibrato baritone reminiscent of Roxy Music's Brian Ferry crafted a damaged, less than human mood that constantly threatened to derail the linear arrangements. His art may appear to be a monotonous outpour of magniloquent feelings, but it ranges from the operatic martial piano-based lied Twilight to the tragic music-hall Hitler In My Heart and to Blue Angel, the most similar to the passionate delivery of Nick Cave (which, in an ideal world, would be his saintly alter-ego).
The textures are fairly simple but effective, with violin and horns joining the soaring hymn of Cripple And The Starfish (possibly the standout), harp and flute f
