ANOHNI and the Johnsons have shared another new song from the forthcoming album My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross. Lou Reed inspired the latest single, which is titled “Sliver of Ice.” Check it out below.

In a press release, ANOHNI shared a statement about her relationship with Reed, who died in 2013 at 71:

A friend of mine expressed to me in the final months of his life that the simplest sensations had begun to feel almost rapturous; a carer had placed a shard of ice on his tongue one day and it was such a sweet and unbelievable feeling that it caused him to weep with gratitude. He was a hardcore kind of guy and these moments were transforming the way he was seeing things. I wrote “Sliver of Ice,” remembering those words of his.

My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross is ANOHNI’s first new studio album with the Johnsons since 2010’s Swanlights. ANOHNI announced the album in May with “It Must Change.” Between Johnsons albums, ANOHNI released Hopelessness in 2016 and followed it up with the Paradise EP in 2017.

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