You Have the Right to Remain Silent: THE ANTLERS

Till now The Antlers plead the Fifth. Sorry..

1) Top 5 tracks on your I-pod right now?

2) Greatest band ever? Why?

3) Would like to record a song with .......... ? (dead or alive, doesn't matter). Why?

4) How often and where do you write new material?

5) Best band on Earbiter?

6) When are you going to play in Amsterdam?


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The Antlers - Bear

Het album Hospice heeft mij nog compleet in de ban. Geweldig album vol nummers die ergens over gaan. Onderwerp van alle nummers is zwaar: vriendin heeft kanker en er moet afscheid genomen worden. Het levert een zeer persoonlijk album op. Oprecht. Muziek is er voor alle momenten. Album zweeft tussen de breekbaarheid van Antony en het geniale gefreak van Radiohead in.

There's a bear inside your stomach.
The cub's been kicking from within.
He's loud, though without vocal chords
We'll put an end to him.
We'll make all the right appointments.
No one ever has to know.
And then tommorow I'll turn 21.
We'll script another show.
We'll play charades up in the Chelsea.
Drink champagne although you shouldn't be.
We'll be blind and dumb until we fall asleep.
None of our friends will come.
They dodge our calls.
And they have for quite awhile now.
It's not a shock.
You don't seem to mind and I just can't see how.

The album Hospice is by all means great. Singing and writing about the effect of cancer in your relationship makes this album very very personal. Heartbreaking.

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The Antlers - Two

Prachtig debuutalbum van The Antlers uit Brooklyn getiteld: Hospice. Indie band dat met elke track een mooi maar zwaar verhaal vertelt over het verlies van je geliefde aan die vreselijke ziekte K. Wat een lef. Voor mij alweer een topjuweeltje. Ik voel de eindlijst anno 2009 langzaam vollopen..

What a gem!!! Their full-length album titled "Hospice" features an epic storyline, telling the story of a man losing a loved one to cancer and having to witness her death first-hand. The album was independently released by the band in March of 2009, selling an apparently overwhelming number of copies, later selling all of their stock and had to produce more. The band later commented that they had "bit off more than they could chew.

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