Michael Cashmore
The Snow Abides CD (DJ002) | Click here for LP version
- My Eyes Open
- The Snow Abides
- How God Moved At Twilight
- Your Eyes Close
- Snow No Longer
This will be of particular interest to 'Antony & The Johnsons' fans, as this is Antony's first new material since 2005's Mercury award-winning 'I Am A Bird Now' which catapulted him into the hearts and minds of the mainstream. 'The Snow Abides' is also Michael’s most accomplished and poignant work to date, solo or otherwise and is presented in a full colour delux digipak.
A few words about the album from Antony Hegarty- “A couple of years ago, David Tibet drew me into a collaboration between himself and Michael Cashmore on a project that has become 'Snow Abides' by Michael Cashmore. Michael is well-known in certain circles for creating many of the musical themes for Current 93's output in recent years, including the beautiful 'Soft Black Stars'. We pursued a small series of songs in a similar vein to this, building on stories from Michael's life at the time. I love Michael's sense of melody, it is intensely melancholy, like a forgotten English garden; all the trees and flowers are crying. His songs are very pretty and uniformly heart-rending. It was easy to find ways to sing through the arrangements he had made, improvising from texts written by Tibet. David is one the greatest poets of our time; it was a satisfying project to be a part of. The recordings sound quiet and magical to me now”. - Antony. February 2007
