Photo by Nilina Mason-Campbell
On Friday night, a friend and I went to the beautiful Schnitzer Hall in Portland to see Antony & the Johnsons and the Oregon Symphony combine their respective musical grandeur. The juxtaposition of Antony's unique voice with a symphony as the backing band was the perfect melding of, what the director called "cult rock with classical music."
I only knew three songs played, "For Today I am a Boy," "I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy," and a stirring cover of Beyonce's "Crazy of Love." But the unfamiliarity of the night made things more intense as there was a heightened sense of what we were witnessing was a singular event and not just another tour stop. Many of the unknown songs are sure to land on either of Antony's upcoming releases, the EP Another World and full-length The Crying Game, both to be released on Secretly Canadian with the former arriving October 7th and the latter January 21st. Expect to be amazed.
1 comment:
why are you such a good writer? also, do you think antony will put out a recording of the show? or that you could find me one online, since you're so good at that?
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