Antony and the Johnsons gives more details on ‘HOPELESSNESS’ album

Antony and the Johnsons aka Antony Hegarty has been working on the follow-up since 2010’s ‘Swanlights’, titled ‘HOPELESSNESS’. Earlier this year it emerged that Hudson Mohawke and Oneohtrix Point Never were set to contribute production, but there’s been little word from Hegarty since.

In a recent email interview with fans, however, Hegarty - now going by the name Anohni - gave a short update, saying: “The record is as different as could be from my previous work. I am not sure that many of you who prefer the early chamber music style will enjoy it! It is a dance / experimental electronic record with quite a dark thematic undertow. It is an album I felt very compelled to produce. It will be released next spring and I will be working on aspect of that for the year of 2016.”

Going into the live aspect of ‘HOPELESSNESS’, she said: “The presentation will be very unconventional and I’ll probably raise a few eyebrows. I want to explore my voice as separated from my body, and employ avatars to represent my body. But this will get more concrete as we develop and rehearse over the coming months.”