HOPELESSNESS (Secretly 25th Anniversary Exclusive Pink Glass Translucent Vinyl) [Vinyl]

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組織 Antony & the Johnsons 的跨性別音樂家 Anohni 首張個人專輯《Hopelessness》，找來電子奇才 Oneohtrix Point Never 與 Hudson Mohawke 合作，討論全球暖化、美式民主、恐怖主義與死刑等議題，讓她這位自幼移民美國的英裔創作人失望透頂，最終以憤怒的力量完成這部作品。

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Limited edition pressing of ANOHNI s HOPELESSNESS on pink glass coloured vinyl.

HOPELESSNESS is a dance record with soulful vocals and lyrics addressing surveillance, drone warfare, and ecocide. A radical departure from the singer s symphonic collaborations, the album seeks to disrupt assumptions about popular music through the collision of electronic sound and highly politicised lyrics.

Includes a special edition obi to celebrate Secretly Canadian s 25th Anniversary.

The revelry of 2016s Hopelessness helped reinvent Anohni (f/k/a Antony and The Johnsons) in the mold of staunch political agitator. Self-aware of her own complicity, Anohni speaks of deep concern for our very livelihood, as a species and as a civil society. With critical acclaim from The New York Times, The Guardian, The New Yorker, FADER and many more, Hopelessness came to represent a new and necessary musical language.

Anohni s Paradise EP is the extension, into 2017, of a language of protest and distress. The songs on here — already featured in her arresting live performances — were made during the same sessions as Hopelessness, but rather than trimmings or bonus material, they are, instead, unique touch points for old issues and newly minted geopolitical crises writ macabre

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ANOHNI has collaborated with Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke on the artist s latest work, HOPELESSNESS.

Late last year, ANOHNI, the lead singer from Antony and the Johnsons, released “4 DEGREES", a bombastic dance track celebrating global boiling and collapsing biodiversity. Rather than taking refuge in good intentions, ANOHNI gives voice to the attitude sublimated within her behavior as she continues to consume in a fossil fuel-based economy. ANOHNI released “4 DEGREES,” the first single from her upcoming album HOPELESSNESS, to support the Paris climate conference this past December.

The song emerged earlier last year in live performances. As discussed by ANOHNI: "I have grown tired of grieving for humanity, and I also thought I was not being entirely honest by pretending that I am not a part of the problem," she said. “4 DEGREES is kind of a brutal attempt to hold myself accountable, not just valorize my intentions, but also reflect on the true impact of my behaviors.”

The album, HOPELESSNESS, to be released world wide on May 6th 2016, is a dance record with soulful vocals and lyrics addressing surveillance, drone warfare, and ecocide. A radical departure from the singer s symphonic collaborations, the album seeks to disrupt assumptions about popular music through the collision of electronic sound and highly politicized lyrics. ANOHNI will present select concerts in Europe, Australia and the US in support of HOPELESSNESS this Summer.