We spent some great time with The Antlers at The Monolith Music Festival over the weekend. 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 band remains 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.
"With the right focus, in the right mindset, this album is as powerful on the soul as climbing a mountain is on the body. This album will crush you if you don’t know what to expect. Hospice is at once the simplest and most immense album of the year." - Justin Jacobs, My Old Kentucky Blog.com
MP3 Session Downloads :
The Antlers - Two
The Antlers - Shiva
The Antlers - Kettering
The Antlers - Atrophy
Recorded and Mixed by Jeff DuPont and Ben Bernthal
Filmed and Edited by Doug Fellegy and Ryan Reidy
Words by Dodge
