This has been out for some time now. It's one of my favorite records year, by far. Really intricate and, thankfully, well-produced. Right now I'm reading through the lyric sheet from the band's blog.
― kshighway1, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 05:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
*favorite records of the year
The first song I heard from it is so sad that I've avoided the rest of the disc. (The album is about a dying child, is that right?)
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 3 November 2009 08:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
I've been loving this album since a friend turned me onto it about a month ago. Two, Bears & Epilogue in particular.
Sad, beautiful music.
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 09:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 09:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
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Daniel: Yeah, it's about the death of a child, and it's also about the dissolution of a relationship and, um, Sylvia Plath ("Sylvia, get your head out of the oven"). It's a very, very sad record. But it's so beautifully written, arranged, and produced; there's well-placed static sounds, these little accents of glockenspiel and other instruments, and Silberman's falsetto, which is able to carry the record's subject matter. In some ways, it's such a conventional indie record, but they pull off the whole thing so well. One of my favorite records of the year.
― kshighway1, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, that song -- Two -- is the one I heard them perform at the Pitchfork festival (it's available as a clip on the Pitchfork website).
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/2013-the-antlers-at-pitchfork-music-festival-09/1
― kshighway1, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
Very good acoustic style session available for d/l here:
http://woxy.com/blog/2009/04/03/lounge-act-recap-the-antlers/
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 10:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
Awesome! Thanks.
― kshighway1, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 17:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's all a bit sodden though - too earnest (and i like earnest). tires me out.
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 17:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
As sad as this record is, I still find "Two" triumphant.
― kshighway1, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 18:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
anyone seen these dudes live? I'm thinking about checking them out tomorrow night & considering whether or not it is worth the 30 mile drive. I love the album btw, but I have reservations about blindly sacrificing the time/money to see bands who I suspect might be "performing" w/ laptops or something. Nothing wrong w/ that sort of thing, but my feeling on the matter is that that sort of thing will prob just be enjoyed more at home on my headphones anyway.
― in movie 2001 resurrect thread on planet jupiter (Pillbox), Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh man, i was going to revive this recently
love Hospice so much. haven't seen 'em live, but there's a lot of footage out there online of the band playing live, and a lot of it is really good. check YouTube or whatever.
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
quieter version:
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
thanks ksh. that clip sounds pretty good, tho I think they would be well-served w/ some more BASS - would make the washy climaxes a lot more powerful. Digging the drummer's style too.
― in movie 2001 resurrect thread on planet jupiter (Pillbox), Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
dude, there's so much good video out there!
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
lot of stuff on Vimeo too: http://vimeo.com/videos/search:The%20Antlers%20
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://vimeo.com/6930883
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
^ interesting, stripped-down performance of "Two"
anyway, i'm a total stan for this record. think they're coming by my area too soon, but not sure. i should probably go
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
WOW. I very rarely like, much less LOVE, music on a first listen, but this album was like a kick in the chest. I like a good cry, but music never makes me cry, except songs on this album, especially Epilogue. (Also, I don't talk much about music and never post on ILM, so that's another unusual effect of this album.)
― fabulous mussels (Jesse), Monday, 3 May 2010 00:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://www.pitchfork.com/forkcast/15663-every-night-my-teeth-are-falling-out/
― markers, Wednesday, 27 April 2011 13:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
i like the cover
― Stupid Prick Gets Chased by the Police and Loses His Slut Girlfriend (thebingo), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 14:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
so The Antlers Burst Apart along with My Morning Jacket has leaked tonight.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 05:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
"i don't want love" :D
― markers, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 21:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
lovin Burst Apart 1000x more than the last one.
― Parenthetical Grillz, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 22:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
"i don't want love"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
― markers, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 22:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
that was an unintentional 1 tbh
dude's perma-vibrato meant that i was only able to stomach that hospice album about twice through when it came out. with all due respect to its serious theme and subject matter, it also struck me as a little too genteel and linear for its own good.
― charlie h, Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
I don't have much of substance to say, but for the last year about 50% of the music I've listened to has been from Hospice and Burst Apart.
I saw them live in Chicago in April, which was great, though I wish I'd had less to drink. Before the show I was outside with a friend while he smoked and we saw the stage door open, so we peeked in. Peter S1lberman came out of a van to guard the door. I said hello, and b/c I'm really bad with faces, I said "Are you...." and he said "I'm security," which was ridiculous! My friend asked if he would share the joint he had tucked behind his ear, but he declined. He was nice. We talked about the weather and the drive from St. Louis. My crush on him was affirmed and intensified. He was clean shaven, which was nice as a change.
― it was as good of a time as any to show a lighter side of 9/11 research (Je55e), Saturday, 3 September 2011 18:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol @ "i'm security"
i haven't been listening to hospice and haven't gotten around to hearing all of burst apart yet
― markers, Saturday, 3 September 2011 19:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Took me some time to warm up to Burst Apart after the mind blowing Hospice. And I still prefer the latter for being completely unfuckwithable, but Burst Apart is a pretty darn strong album yo.
Cool beans experience Je55e :)
― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 3 September 2011 21:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeh, I was really glad to get to chat with him! And I was especially happy that my friend who didn't know the band as well as I do was there to help make decent conversation. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have said "I'm your biggest fan," but I had a couple drinks in me, and I adore him and the band, so you never know.
"I'm security" was weird b/c he wasn't joking! I mean, I'm here to see your band play, dude, so there is a pretty good chance I've seen your mug in promo pix or on Youtube.
― it was as good of a time as any to show a lighter side of 9/11 research (Je55e), Sunday, 4 September 2011 02:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
so ya know Undersea and all.
Also, antlers fans should really check out Port St. Willow...fuck.
― thebingo, Saturday, 28 July 2012 00:08 (10 months ago) Permalink
don't ever let anyone tell you you deserve that
― markers, Thursday, 6 June 2013 01:39 (1 week ago) Permalink
― markers, Thursday, 6 June 2013 01:40 (1 week ago) Permalink