Another Cover Thing
An independent record label Secretly Canadian is going to release a mini album recorded by Antony & The Johnsons, which is supposed to include covers of John Lennon and Bob Dylan, said NME. Pretty good idea that assumes respect and dedication toward these prominent musicians, however this is not very innovative so to speak because it’s been used by too many before. A lot of bands and musicians keep on covering or dedicating something to the old “class” without contemplating anything new on their creative side, thus a circle just keeps on turning without revolving. A new record will be called “Thank You for Your Love” and should hit the stores on August, 24 this year; additionally it must be included into their upcoming studio release. Besides that, the band had renewed Lennon’s “Imagine” and totally recreated Dylan’s “Pressing”, in other words original stuff is pouring from Antony & The Johnsons, but under the ‘cover’ from legends. Their next studio record is planned for October, 2010 and it’s already known that they’ve called it “Swanlights”. Previous album “The Crying Light”, which came out in January, 2009 marked the beginning of their world tour, so most likely this group will repeat the whole thing by starting another traveling agenda in 2011.