We’ve used a ton of adjectives to describe The Antlers music to our friends. Most of them are positive, and the ones that aren’t mostly just describe the time they made us cry after playing “Atrophy” for us in a hotel bathroom. We still had to meet our dad that day, and he hasn’t let us live that down since. But one phrase we’ve never used to describe them: trip-hoppy. This might be for the best. Read the full story
As we told you, Antlers have signed with Frenchkiss Records and will be re-releasing their critically acclaimed LP Hospice. Now they’ve released the first remastered single, so we thought we’d give you both to listen to.
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A month after self-releasing his fantastic Hospice LP, we spoke to Peter Silberman, the brainchild of The Antlers, from his bedroom in Brooklyn. Now he gets to do it all over again (not the interview, releasing Hospice), only this time with a label to help him out.
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Words and interview by Michael Cranston
Photos by Ben Ritter
A month after releasing his fantastic Hospice LP, we spoke to Peter Silberman, the brainchild of The Antlers, from his bedroom in Brooklyn. I’m inexplicably nervous and consequently overuse the words “like” and “fuck.” Silberman is soft-spoken and modest (but grateful) regarding his band’s influx of media attention from the likes of NPR, The Wall Street Journal and Pitchfork. “But the album is, like, so fucking great,” I tell him, and I’m not lying.
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Full Disclaimer: Hospice is both a thorough and ambiguous narrative, written by The Antlers‘ frontman, Peter Silberman. A well-formed opinion of Hospice is predicated on a detailed understanding of this narrative, but due to the aforementioned ambiguity, understanding is predicated on personal interpretation. Thus, all impressions formed and presumptions taken are based on my reading (and probably my own experiences, which I subconsciously project). If your copy of Hospice is digital, I encourage you to print or read the liner notes to form your own impression.
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