I Cry Glitter is Love!

[dotinthesky]

Antony and the Johnsons, The Crying Light, Jan 2009
It's taken me just about nine months to finally appreciate the beauty of this album. Maybe I was already over winter when it came out, and there was no space for it in my spring or summer. Now that the fun is past, it resurfaced by accident on my iPod and made me pay attention to my soggy commute through Victoria Park and Regent's Canal. It also helped that I've been feeling kinda down and struggling with insomnia. I come home sometimes from work with a splitting headache and fill up the bathtub. There's no better way to unwind or test an album then soak in the darkness - just one candle and the stereo for company. I feel some of Billie Holiday's soul in Antony. Odd brass sections confuse me into believing the tower block is creaking. The songs play together like a story shared, culminating in the perfect "Aeon". I'm left wanting to hop out and sign up to the newsletter that will get me tickets to his next gig. Then I wonder if he's changing people who listen to him the way some bands have done in the past. Like the Velvet and the Smiths. I think he is. I think he has.

Comments

[knacker-prince.livejournal.com]

You really have to be in the mood for A&TJ, don't ya.
Maybe I'll give em another spin now that dismal autumn's here.
Been listening to a lot of night time music again...

[blu-bear.livejournal.com]

Thanks, you've reminded me to listen to it. And thanks to Spotify for letting me right now.

[(Anonymous)]

sorry to hear about your insomnia and headaches :-(

if you're taking meds for your headaches (excedrin works well), make sure to take them as soon as the headache starts. otherwise the pain in your head can make it difficult for your stomach to absorb the medication. one weird remedy that works for me is ice-packs. i actually have an ice-pack hat that i use! it looks dumb but it works.

i hope you feel better.

[olamina.livejournal.com]

I get nervous just listening to Antony. His music evokes too much emotion in me. I feel like sobbing. So I usually just avoid it.

[naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com]

I've seen Antony live about a half dozen times and loved him every time but I've never quite been in that right mood for his recorded output.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Ah, good, I've caught up on your journal now. Missed you these last few months. I was quite anti-LJ for a bit but I do still see its uses. I think I was just doing too much whining and saving all the fun for my blog, which made me not want to write on LJ b/c I felt like a sad sack.