The announcement was made yesterday that we can expect a new album out of Antony and The Johnsons this coming October 6th via Secretly Canadian (the 5th in Europe on Rough Trade). The album will be called Swanlights and will have a special edition release that will include a 144 page book featuring paintings, collages, photography, and writings by Antony. Unfortunately there isn’t a new song or tracklist yet, just the album art cover above.

2009′s The Crying Light was the album that really turned me onto Antony. It took repeated listens and a good amount of time for me to get use to his vocals and thick, lush orchestrations but now I’m glad that I did.