| Antlers, The / Familiars |
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| Album: | Familiars | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Antlers, The | Added: | 06/2014 | |
| Label: | Anti- / Epitaph | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2014-06-13 | Pull Date: | 2014-08-15 |
| Week Ending: | 17 Aug | 10 Aug | 3 Aug | 27 Jul | 20 Jul | 13 Jul | 6 Jul | 29 Jun |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 09, 2021: | Stranded at Settembrini's (rebroadcast from Aug 26, 2021) Palace | 4. | Aug 04, 2018: | Narnia Palace | |
| 2. | Aug 26, 2021: | Stranded at Settembrini's Palace | 5. | Sep 23, 2017: | night tapes #??? Intruders | |
| 3. | Dec 04, 2020: | KZSU Time Traveler Palace | 6. | Apr 27, 2017: | Music for Misfits Doppelgänger |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Away Reviewed 2014-06-11 | ||
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On their fifth album, the Antlers have edged away almost completely from noisy catharsis (see their gripping concept record Hospice) and toward an engulfing, pillow-like mixture of slowcore, soul, ambient, and post-rock. This is smooth, blissful, wintry stuff, kept potent by some very tasteful horns and frontman Peter Silberman’s soaring, emotionally riven vocals. All songs are slow and long, and most have extended ambient codas. Favorites: 1, 6, 8, 9. FCC WARNING: 3, 4, 7. 1. *(5:36)—Angelic, straightforward, exultant. So, so freaking beautiful. 2. (7:04)—Sad torch song. Noir intro. Cruises along, never peaks. 3. (4:59)—FCC (multiple f***s). Soulful, sexy. Heavier backbeat on this one. 4. (5:24)—FCC (f***). Medium-slow, relatively upbeat, a bit funky. 5. (6:13)—Stately, shimmery lullaby. Builds to a blissful climax. 6. *(7:41)—Jazzy, toward balladry. Dramatic vocal performance. 7. (5:11)—FCC (f***). Starts subdued, catchy, taut. Changes key, builds. 8. *(6:15)—Bright, big, major key, a kind of soft joy shining through and thawing everything out. 9. *(4:56)—Warmer, melancholy. Struts a little. Horns get punchy in the second half. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Palace | 5. | Director | |||
| 2. | Doppelgänger | 6. | Revisited | |||
| 3. | Hotel | 7. | Parade | |||
| 4. | Intruders | 8. | Surrender | |||
| 9. | Refuge | |||||