A singer who moved from Antony and the Johnsons' chamber music to solo albums about climate and politics.
For the earlier sound, 'Marrow' still cuts deep. To hear the later, sharper turn, put on 'Why Did You Separate Me from the Earth?'.
The 2016 album 'Hopelessness' made a sharp turn, with songs like 'Drone Bomb Me' and the title track confronting environmental crisis and modern warfare head-on. That directness has defined the work since, whether on 'Paradise' or the more recent 'In Memory of My Feelings'. The voice itself, that tremulous, unmistakable instrument, holds it all together, whether the backdrop is strings or electronics.
It started with Antony and the Johnsons in 2000, and the 2005 album 'I Am a Bird Now' brought critical notice. In 2015, the shift to the name ANOHNI signaled a new phase, with 'Hopelessness' arriving the next year and setting a template for politically charged solo work that's continued since.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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