The Lakes studio version, however, features Kevin Barker of Currituck Co.Ĭompared to the earlier configuration, its crisper and a tad slower with more pronounced instrumentation- especially Barkers crystalline chords.Next comes A Fistful of Love, a jazzy, horn-heavy stomp beginning with a spoken intro courtesy of Lou Reed. The song appeared in a live version on Golden Apples of the Sun and was initially found on the Current 93Antony 2003 split Live at St. Musically, it opens with a studio version of the title track, Antonys Edgar Allen Poe jam. Offering a glimpse of things to come, the cover image is a detail from Peter Hujars 1974 photograph Candy Darling on Her Deathbed II.
Since the ascent of Antonys I Am a Bird Now, critics have progressively focused their attention on the New York City vocalists physicality, often.Īnd despite his colorful backstory, it seems time to drop the two-bit caricatures and puff pieces and return to the brilliant, unearthly voice that earned Antony his accolades in the first place- his three most recent singles offer a good place as any to instigate a frequency shift.Functioning as Antony 101, The Lake was released three months prior to I Am a Bird Now.
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