I’m not very much into Antony and the Johnsons, being aware of them as mostly yet another act within David Tibet’s extremely broad and encompassing traveling circus. Until now, my absolute favorite of Antony’s output was his unintelligible back vocals on “Whilst the Night Rejoices Profound and Still” from Current’s 2003 Teatro Iberico show, which made the emotion underlying Tibet’s declamation so obvious and explicit. However, Antony’s tracks appear on my radar from time to time and I don’t discard them automatically, as do many.
About a year ago someone (Vova Dmitrenko, I recall) shared Antony’s “Behold the Lamb of God” demo cassette, on which I found this particular track. It’s very Antony-esque, being so explicit and disgusting in its imagery and so subtle and sincere in its musical delivery. I often use such material as a cure to my emotional lows, but generally you don’t have to be in distress to enjoy Antony.
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