Recently, one of our long-time commenters here on TYS, who goes by the handle Joymonger, tipped me off on a band who’s album I completely missed out on with The Daily Graboid. Of course, I would listen to anything recommended from our readers, though, as usual, I took my precious time in finally getting around to listening to them. The band is called The Antlers, a brooklyn-based band (how surprising) who’s recent release Hospice came out early last month and is a follow-up to their self-released album In The Attic Of The Universe back in 2007.
Our reader mentioned the band having a similar aesthetic to that of Beach House, which I imagine seems fitting considering they covered the track “Apple Orchard” from them at one point. I’m not willing to go that far myself, as the few songs I’ve heard lean towards a more refined kind of folk, with a solid song structure and instrumentation. At times, Peter Silberman hints at Jeff Buckley a little with his falsetto, which provides a whole different dynamic to these songs.
For a different perspective, Taylor over at Music For Kids… likens them to a sort of “Shins-like” acoustic instrumentation. Regardless, the music is solid, and I’m making up for missing out on their album with this post.
MP3: The Antlers :: “Bear”
MP3: The Antlers :: “Two”
MP3: The Antlers :: “Apple Orchard (Beach House cover)”
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that’s darby cicci on the left! he’s an auburn native.
Auburn, eh? That’s pretty cool hehe
woooooo! name dropped!
i’m glad you like it. i’m still hooked on their album.
lyrics: http://www.antlersmusic.com/linernotes.pdf
they’re really good. it’s like neutral milk hotel singing about anne frank but in this case it’s about sylvia plath (most of it, i think).
you can listen to their whole new album Hospice for free on http://theantlers.bandcamp.com