he second track on Antony's new live album, Cut the World, is a monologue called "Future Feminism." It runs nearly eight minutes. "I've been thinking all day about the moon," Antony begins. "Like, is it an accident that women menstruate once a month and that the moon comes once a month? ...And then what about the fact that we're made of 70% water?" It goes on like this, referencing "patriarchal monotheism," the matter-of-fact revelation that he's a witch who "de-baptized" himself," and ruminations on "the feminization of deities." Behold: Antony stage banter.
Antony's exquisitely earnest "Antony-ness," though, is the rare gift he brings to the world, and in whatever form he chooses to dispense it, it's a joy to soak it in. Running through Antony's gently daft speech are all the elemental themes of his music-- oceans, dying leaves, blood from wombs-- and he delivers it in such a chatty, affectionate, teasing tone that by the end, you are not only disarmed, but lit by a small glow of wonder. And then, of course, he resumes playing and singing.
By Jayson Greene

Country: UK
Genre: Indie / Chamber pop
Quality: 320 kbps
Tracklist:

Antony and the Johnsons - Cut The World
01 - Cut the World [Live].mp3
02 - Future Feminism [Live].mp3
03 - Cripple and the Starfish [Live].mp3
04 - You Are My Sister [Live].mp3
05 - Swanlights [Live].mp3
06 - Epilepsy Is Dancing [Live].mp3
07 - Another World [Live].mp3
08 - Kiss My Name [Live].mp3
09 - I Fell in Love With a Dead Boy [Live].mp3
10 - Rapture [Live].mp3
11 - The Crying Light [Live].mp3
12 - Twilight [Live].mp3