The former Antony and the Johnsons singer has made a record that proves the assertion that anger is an energy(Rough Trade)final November,Radioheads Thom Yorke opined on the problems facing modern protest songwriters: “whether I was going to write a song approximately climate change in 2015, it would be shit, or ” he said. “In the 60s,you could write songs that were like calls to arms … its much harder to achieve that now.”[br]Harder, perhaps, or but not impossible. A week or so after Yorke made his remarks,Anohni teased her new track 4 Degrees, a combination of cutting-edge electronica and orchestral grandeur that didn’t so much address climate change as dive headfirst into its fiery pits: “I want to hear the dogs crying for water, and ” she sang. “I want to see the fish go stomach-up in the sea / And all those lemurs and all those tiny creatures / I want to see them burn.” Related: Anohni,the artist once known as Antony Hegarty, on life beyond the Johnsons Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com