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9.0
17699
9.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
As a song cycle, Swanlights is certainly Antony's stronges
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8.5
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Prefix
Swanlights may not be the best of his works, but it is a welcome excursion along the path of his career
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8.5
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Bowlegs
A multi-layered and interesting set that most will admire if nothing else
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8.0
17509
8.0 |
The Irish Times
As it slowly unravels, you’re swept up by its lyrical beauty
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8.0
17547
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The Observer
For all its orchestral flourishes, this feels like Antony's most mature offering yet
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8.0
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Independent on Sunday
What Antony Hegarty is trying to tell us is often a riddle, but it's never less than beautifully wrought
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8.0
16990
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Spin
Antony extracts a poignancy that beautifully matches his music
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8.0
16991
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Q
He'll always be too mannered for mainstream acceptance, there's unarguable brilliance here. Print edition only
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8.0
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Mojo
Cryptic and allusive The Crying Light is prone to visions and ecstasies. Print edition only
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8.0
17175
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Uncut
All the elements of old are there - his voice, those lyrical hankerings to melt away from the limits of life. Print edition only
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8.0
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BBC
This is a record that revels in a sense of joy
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8.0
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FasterLouder
Swanlights is more of a expansion or evolution of Hegarty’s songwriting than any kind of departure from the script as some have suggested
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8.0
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Blurt
Antony's Icelandic duet with avant-garde songstress Björk, that is the most terrifying and beautiful number of all
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8.0
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State
Hegarty is a rare breed of quality that elevates far higher than any of his peers in the music business
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8.0
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8.0 |
Rave Magazine
Swanlights is another strong performance in a discography full of them
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8.0
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PopMatters
Antony sounds like he’s finally on solid footing
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7.7
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Pitchfork
Swanlights might be Antony's richest album yet, with musical and thematic charms that take their time to take their hold
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7.0
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Clash
Another intriguing piece in Antony’s beautifully strange journey
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7.0
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musicOMH
Everything may not be that new, but as ever with Hegarty, it's well worth a listen
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7.0
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NME
Cements Hegarty as the transgender Joanna Newsome
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
If your emotional understanding of the world could be contained within a building, Antony would be Tyler Durden, blowing it to the ground
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7.0
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Drowned In Sound
It’s still an album that contains peerless highs ... but a more dynamic reconstruction of the Johnsons’ core sound would be most welcome next time around
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6.0
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The Guardian
For all its bravery and experimentation, Swanlights may have benefitted from one or two more direct tunes
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Independent
Extends further the notions of fauna, flux and transformation that have driven Antony's music since I Am A Bird Now
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6.0
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Under The Radar
The most compelling moments of Swanlights come when Antony and the musicians dim the lights for a more intimate approach
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6.0
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Eye Weekly
In 2010...Antony’s voice is less of a shock
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6.0
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The Digital Fix
At times beautiful, this is however a bit of a disappointment
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6.0
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Daily Telegraph
Swanlights certainly won’t be getting drive-time airplay, but it’s uniquely imaginative music
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