tuesday wake up call

Brand new video/song by The Antlers entitled "Palace", from the band's upcoming album Familiars, out on June 17th via Anti-.

sylvia, get your head out of the oven

The Antlers recently premiered their brand new video for "Sylvia" on IFC.com. Watch the video here or download the video and the New York Hospitals EP for free below.

song of the moment: "sylvia (new version)" by the antlers

The Antlers recently recorded a new version Of "Sylvia", head over to NPR to hear this exclusive track!

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i thought that it was beautiful, it made me a believer

The Antlers—September 24, 2009 @ Criminal Records

Thank you Antlers for a beautiful set and everyone at Criminal Records for putting on another wicked free in-store!







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song of the moment: mbv cover by the antlers

OMG—The Antlers are playing for FREE at Criminal Records today at 6pm!!!!!!!

To celebrate this wicked day, check out this dreamy cover of My Bloody Valentine's "When You Sleep" by The Antlers via the band's MySpace page (you can download old EPs and songs for free as well).

The Antlers: When You Sleep (My Bloody Valentine cover)

the antlers: hospice

The Antlers’ Hospice is one epic sounding record! It features songs with triumphant melodies, atmospheric buildups, and crashing climaxes... so yes, in terms of its musically style, Hospice sounds like Sigur Rós and Explosions in the Sky!

The album is exceedingly depressing as well. Hospice is a concept album that tells the story of a caregiver—the narrator—who recounts his relationship with a distressed bone cancer patient name Sylvia (“you’d been abused by the bone that refused you”). Let me warn you again, all the songs are quite gloomy, especially "Two". Do not let the cheery melodies and Peter Silberman’s gorgeous falsetto voice fool you; with lyrics such as "There was nothing that I could do save you, the choir’s gonna sing, and this thing is gonna kill you.../...it tore apart the canyon running down your femur, (I thought that it was beautiful, it mead me a believer.) And as it opened I could hear you howling from your room, but I hid out in the hall until the hurricane blew..." and the sadness goes on and on, "Two" is easily the darkest song on the album! Although Hospice is a concept album, each song can stand on its own—every track is like a short story—it works and makes sense independently, but they are most effective as a whole.

Hospice is ambitiously emotional and hauntingly beautiful. The Antlers has crafted something that is incredibly pure and moving; Hospice is a masterpiece, and at the moment, it is in my top five albums of 2009!

Sylvia [wicked-cool song]
Bear [wicked-cool song]
Two [super-wicked-cool song]

visit The Antlers' MySpace here
Hospice comes out on August 18th, you can pre-order it here
The band is selling the CD version of Hospice on their tour with Frightened Rabbit, tonight is the last night of the tour, go see this amazing band live and buy Hospice!

you must be a masochist to love a modern leper

Frightened Rabbit with The Antlers—July 22, 2009 @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern

The Antlers






Frightened Rabbit






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