The Fat Angel Sings

I am not sure what I expected from The Antlers, but stately horns and a pretty piano lines weren’t amongst my expectations. Still, I’ve come to love the heart and melancholy on this record like all other releases from this fine band . Peter Silberman sings like a man who’s found his voice; it’s comforting and cool and best of all he seems comfortable singing out of falsetto style, which makes him able to be expressive in so many more diverse ways. The horns often take the center here, casting a yearning warmth on this philosophical record. The words are clear, the thoughts are complex. It seems to be about letting go or at least looking at what is familiar in different ways. I’m not sure, but I’m going to listen again and again. Sometimes I just drift away in the atmospherics of “Familiars”, other times I get a glimpse of someone searching. this is just a beautiful record .