THE ANTLERS - Familiars

Kategorie: CD-Reviews | Genre: Alternative/Indie, Artpop/Pop | Heft: Jahrgang 2014, eclipsed Nr. 161 / 6-2014 | VÖ-Jahr: 2014 | Wertung: 8/10 | Label: Transgressive | Autor: SaS


An album of the American band The Antlers was supposed to be delivered with a warning sticker, on which it is urgently pointed out that one has to get completely involved with the music at hand. Otherwise the deliberately staged monotony of Peter Silberman and his comrades-in-arms could actually be regarded as boredom. However, even the third and so far best record of the Antlers contains so many secrets that anything but a devotion to this calm, evenly flowing music would be a crime anyway. The beginnings of hysteria, which had put the monumental debut "Hospice" still in close relationship to Arcade Fire, are over. Minimalism is the trump card here: each song title consists of only one word, the dominating instrument is actually the trumpet and the usual brilliant lyrics of Peter Silberman only slowly eat their way into your consciousness when you get involved with them. This is by no means a light fare, but one of the most subtle, intelligent records of the year to date.

Top Track: Parade

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