After winning the Mercury Award in 2005 for his last album, Antony (of Antony and the Johnsons) is back with a five track EP (titled Another World) in preparation for his new full length The Crying Light, which should be coming in January 2009. Armed with what might be the most beautiful male voice I know, he works through the five tracks here, presenting very different textures in less than twenty minutes.

My favorite is the one smack dab in the middle, Shake That Devil. It started almost as a spoken word, impromptu poetry reading, but then notes slowly build and intrude in the backdrop, and eventually develop into a New Orleans blues jam that you can stomp a foot to. A horn pops in, accentuating the line, and then playfully retreats and repeats.







10/14 Los Angeles, CA @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
10/16 New York, NY @ Apollo Theatre
10/30 London, ENG @ The Barbican
10/31 London, ENG @ The Barbican