The double album ‘Broken Mirror Glass. The Anthology 1978 – 2012’ includes 30 songs – in chronological order - from more than three decades of musical work by singer, songwriter and cyberpunk author John Shirley (‘A Song Called Youth’). Beginning with the early heady punk rock (‘Johnny Paranoid’) he performed with his band the SADO-NATION and fascinating spoken word experiments (‘No Apologies To Kafka’) to driving, industrial-rock-dressed anthems (‘Mountain Of Skullz’, ‘Hope There's A Hell’) and progressive song tracts (‘Box In My Head’, ‘Andrea's Art School Fun’) spans an arc from the most demanding, most reflective musicality, both entertaining and artistic.
And above all thrones John ...
And above all thrones John Shirley's impressive singing and his philosophical, extraordinary lyrics, sliding on the pulse of urbanity. ‘Broken Mirror Glass. The Anthology 1978 – 2012’ is a lyrical and musical masterpiece, which reflects not only the musician and artist John Shirley, but is equal to an essay on 30 years of music history: more a statement than just an album.The album is accompanied by a comprehensive booklet containing all the lyrics and a foreword by John Shirley.
