Three years have passed since the critically credited 'cult' album Hospice turned heads and brought tears to many. The Antlers are still an
exciting prospect, and a continuous release schedule only emphasizes
their desire to astonish audiences worldwide. Not much has been said
about The Antlers since last years Burst Apart, but we do know that a
four track EP will be released, July 24th, with 'head' 'single' Drift Drive topping the independent radio's B list. They sure have drifted
away from that self-righteous depressive- turned uplifting rollercoaster
of indie rock/dream pop literal anthems. Frenchkiss Records can only do
so much for the Brooklyn trio, with Epitaph Records subdivision ANTI-
releasing this EP.
If Burst Apart was an indication of freedom and expression, then Drift
Drive is an indication of satisfaction. Front man Peter Silberman had his
years of darkness, pre-Hospice. It doesn't take a genius to declare Mr.
Silberman 'content'. The track is layered with sophisticated guitar
reverb and the ever-impressive falsetto vocal, delivered with ease. This
track is a walk in the park, a sea breeze... A dynamic, Icelandic,
drift. Their layers of synthesized sound is a guarantee, and it would
not be The Antlers without some revisited high pitched sounds and guitar
swooshes. Hospice was no doubt, a winter album. Burst Apart came off as
a somewhat showery Autumn album. Without listening to the rest of
Undersea, I cannot be certain, but I would say... Summer, for this
cataclysmic turn of direction.
~Eddie
~Eddie
