Pete Silberman, frontman and former soloman of the Antlers made his releasing cathartic folk wrapped in ambient textures. Hospice, the project’s breakthrough, was heart wrenching, concept heavy, whisper quiet, and sonically (minus the track Bear) and lyrically devastating. Last year’s Burst Apart, however, saw him, following the addition of another multi-instrumentalist and drummer, shifting from that lyric-heavy catharsis and more fully into the ambience.
Post Rock
Record #15: The Antlers – Burst Apart (2011)
I was not one of the throngs who flocked to The Antlers and praised their critical breakthrough Hospice when it was released in 2009.
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Record #9: The Album Leaf – Into the Blue Again (2006)
See: chill music.
This is one of the first post rock records I ever got into. In fact I hadn’t even heard the term “post rock” yet, but one thing I definitely heard was how tranquil and haunting it was. Continue reading