Beautiful suffer - an album as a pure bright spot

Granted, if you like what to do with the voice of Antony knödeligen, will have a hard time even with this CD. All others opened up after the four-year waiting period since his last album finally those fragile, melancholy soundscapes, hovering over his unique voice.

Still dominate piano and strings, the songs, minimalistic and to the point, in almost perfect harmony with the singing. Often deeply saddened, but never without this velvet glimmer of hope are the sufferer melodies for eternity.
But there are also some innovations: So on "Aeon" space for the song dominant guitar and rarely sounded even Antony longing and Leiden as here. And "Kiss My Name" is in Hegarty'schen universe almost cheerful pop hit.

But what makes the songs so impressive and touching, are his lyrics: Poetic, incredibly vulnerable-open and in their Bildgewaltigkeit currently unique:

"In starlight you came from the other side / to offer me mercy"

A truly gifted and soulful album.