Anton Sword, Keyboard, Vocals Jessica Hallman, Cello Kristin Mueller (Lucinda Black Bear, Poor Things), Drums, and sometimes Joanna Choy (Tragedy, Tall Pines), Vocals Chris Wilson (Lloyd Cole, Mabuses), Bass Kristofer Widholm (Morex Optimo), guitar
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Past collaborators on recordings and live shows have included drummers Ahmed Kharem (Glim), Phil Cimino and Heather Wagner (Walking Hellos); guitarists Julian Maile (The Loser's Lounge, Spray Paint Stars), Erik Paparazzi (Cat Power, The Paparazzi, The Orion Experience)and Kristofer Widholm (Morex Optimo); bassists Kate St. Claire (Shimura Curves), St3ve (Bandcamp), Danton Boller (Roy Hargrove), Chris Wilson (Lloyd Cole, Mabusers), Christian Bongers (Botanica, Falcon, Martin Bisi) and Luc Berger; singers Kerry Kennedy (Morex Optimo, Overlord), Kaethe Fine and Daniel Harnett (Glim); and recording engineers Kurt Ralske (Ultra Vivid Scene, Cathars), Pete Kohl (Moi?, Tragedy), Luc Berger, and Ken Heitmueller (Suddenly Tammy!).
Influences
Radiohead, Caribou, Feist, Brian Eno, Miles Davis, Air, Belle & Sebastian, Bill Evans, Beck, Stereolab, Sam Prekop, Badly Drawn Boy, Bill Evans, Elliott Smith, Magnetic Fields, Massive Attack, Sigur Ros, Sly Stone, Thelonious Monk, Stereolab, The Beatles, Roxy Music, Burt Bacharach, Al Green, Wendy Carlos, The Kinks, Simon & Garfunkel, Quincy Jones, Elvis Costello, photography, neurosis, world history, recording technology, quiet country glades, empty stations of the NYC subway system.
Sounds Like
Good sex during psychoanalysis. 2010 as seen from 1975. A hybrid of other things.
One day when he was a child in New York City Anton put his ear against a speaker in a dark apartment on the west side and went into a trance. He had a long dream. When he woke up twenty years later his heart was permanently broken, but in a good way. Trying to make a movie out of the turbulence in his mind, he found himself writing songs instead, songs some have described as sounding like Bryan Ferry, some as sounding like John Lennon, and some as sounding like a session of great sex during psychoanalysis.
His first CD, A Sentimental Education, has been described by listeners in the US and Europe as Lush, Dreamy, Mesmerizing, Groovy, Catchy, and Gorgeous.
Sometimes Anton takes himself a little too seriously, but his melodies are often beautiful, his lyrics often interesting, and his beats cool, so forgive him. Girls are usually more enamored of his tunes than boys, but the boys are slowly being won over.
Anton Sword is currently playing live with some or all of the following: Jessica Hallman ..o, Kristin Mueller (Lucinda Black Bear) on drums, Joanna Choy (Tall Pines, Tragedy) on second vocal & percussion, Igor Fejzula on guitar, Chris Wilson (Mabusers) on bass.
"Should you have forgotten what a beautiful ballad is or what a finely crafted good pop song sounds like, Anton Sword has 'A Sentimental Education' ready for you: 11 wonderfully produced songs of melancholy, love and the fleetingness of human existence...dark but tender."
Things look at the new photo Anton, I leave with you hear a greeting while the new song uploaded "The glove, demo. Rafael Quevedo cuban / songwriter / singer
It would seem that in addition to a love for music, we also share a birthday. Now isn't THAT cool. I should have known you were a firecracker, just like me.
I am on the Oregon coast getting ready for a parade in the morning (more kids with wagons than floats), and old-fashioned social (complete with cake walk), a street fair in the afternoon and fireworks this evening. THAT is a good birthday!
