Anton Sword
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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 like John Lennon, and some like a session of great sex during psychoanalysis.
The debut Anton Sword CD, A Sentimental Education, has been called Lush, Dreamy, Mesmerizing, Groovy, Catchy, and Gorgeous by Americans and Europeans alike. Sometimes Anton takes himself a little too seriously, but his melodies are often beautiful and his beats cool anyway, so forgive him. Girls are usually more enamored of his tunes than boys, but the boys are slowly being won over.
Anton Sword has inflated for spring 2008 into a full band, including Kristofer Widholm on guitar, Kristin Mueller on drums, and Jessica Hallman on cello; the group is currently touring the northeast USA.
"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."
--Roman Elsener, NYC critic and bon vivant
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