There’s a couple of good songs around this week. Looks like individual downloads are in order. Antony & The Johnsons’s new album is interesting but you may not warm to all of it at first listen.
Bon Iver’s new mini-album ‘Blood Bank’ sees the US singer-songwriter trying out a few new directions. Some work, some don’t. UK hip hop duo Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip meanwhile have teamed up with hip hop legends De La Soul on a fun pop single.
My top three songs of the week are:
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip feat Pos Plug Won ‘Thou Shalt Always Kill’ (De La Soul Edit)
Bon Iver ‘Beach Baby’
Bon Iver ‘Blood Bank’
Antony & The Johnsons released a new album this week, ‘The Crying Light’. If you loved Antony’s previous album ‘I’m A Bird Now’ then prepare for a slightly colder collection of songs. If you like a fuller, emotive sound, check out ‘Another World’ and ‘Epilepsy Is Dancing’ first. The rest of the album sees Antony exploring more minimal terrain, accompanied by piano and a small string section.
I think the new style sounds Antony’s voice very well, but some of you might find his new songs colder, more distanced maybe even artificial. ‘The Crying Light’ is certainly not a cuddly album.
