Antony & The Johnsons are set to followup 2009’s The Crying Light with Swanlights in October this year.

He will be releasing an art book and an albbum with the intention that they will inform each other artistically and thematically.

The Swanlights art book includes fragmentary images, drawings, paintings, photography, collage, writings and song lyrics. The visual art collection will be available via renowned art book publisher Abrams on October 1st of this year.

Secretly Canadian will release the Swanlights album on vinyl, CD and digital formats on October 5th in the United States and Rough Trade will have the honours in Europe.