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 .

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This is a truly beautiful remix from Daniel Lanois,

The Antlers is an “Indie Rock Band” currently based in “Brooklyn” New York City. The band’s lyrics are written and sung by Peter Silberman. Their music is composed and performed by Silberman, Darby Cicci (trumpet, upright/electric bass, keyboards, synths, vocals) and Michael Lerner (drums). The Antlers’ makeup has developed from a lo-fi, bedroom recording folk project into a heavily lush and orchestrated rock group with an aptitude for melodious experimentation and layering. The instrumentation consists of vocals, electric guitar, keyboards/synths, drums and an array of other instruments including piano, horns, strings, and electronic elements.
This is the Antler’s 5th full-length studio album entitled “Familiars” was released on June 17, 2014 via Anti Records in the U.S. and Transgressive Records in the U.K./Europe. The album was recorded and produced by the band in their Brooklyn based studio, and mixed by Chris Coady. On March 31, 2014, after releasing a Cryptic video teaser the week prior, the band announced the release of the nine-track album along with a music video to the album’s first single “Palace”. The video was directed by Hana Tajima. Darby Cicci designed the artwork for the album.”Familiars has received rave reviews from publications such as “Rolling Stone” who commented that “Familiars” finds the Antlers on a new, magnificent level of heavy songwriting.” Many critics alluded to the growth of The Antler’s artistic approach on the album. Mojo magazine called the work “another existentially-minded beauty…turning agony into something approaching ecstasy.” may be the defining work of the band’s stamp on the modern indie rock scene. “Loud and Quiet” also commented on the record’s success: “Slow-burning, poised and richly beautiful… The Antlers have been responsible for a handful of the most soul-shifting moments in guitar-based indie rock over the last few years, and this should see the band cement their place in the genre’s upper echelons.