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As I stated when we launched Laundromatinee's first session with The Antlers, we spent some great time with the band at The Monolith Music Festival. Despite their "Rising" and "Best New Music" status from Pitchfork.com, as well as the non-stop praise for the 2009 re-release of album "Hospice," the band remains as humble, friendly, hard-working and down-to-earth as you would hope. The songs from "Hospice" were partially inspired by lead singer Peter Silberman's thoughts and feelings experienced during a visit to a loved one in a children's cancer ward, but despite the grim undertones, the album is hauntingly beautiful and uplifting. For our Monolith Esurance session, the band trades in the electric guitar and big keys for an acoustic and small Korg, but the results are every bit as powerful as their electric brethren.

Despite their "Rising" and "Best New Music" status from Pitchfork.com and the non-stop praise for the 2009 re-release of album "Hospice", The Antlers remain as humble, friendly, hard-working and down-to-earth as you would hope. My Old Kentucky Blog brought the band to Indianapolis this Summer for an MOKB Presents show and the band showed us a different, and very exciting live side to the songs from "Hospice." The songs from "Hospice" were partially inspired by lead singer Peter Silberman's thoughts and feelings experienced during a visit to a loved one in a children's cancer ward, but despite the grim undertones, the album is hauntingly beautiful and uplifting.