The AntlersBest The Antlers Albums Ranked

Hospice

pitchfork

8.5

“Brooklyn band offers a skyscraping blend of the ambient and the anthemic, a record that swings for the bleachers at a time when it's fashionable to bunt.”

Burst Apart (Deluxe Version)

pitchfork

8.2

“After the crushing intensity of Hospice, the Antlers return with a more refined and sophisticated LP that still forges a powerful emotional connection.”

Undersea - EP

pitchfork

8.1

“The Brooklyn band has described this four-song release as "an EP in length, but well beyond that in scope." If Hospice and Burst Apart were dark, rolling hills headed towards catharsis, here's the bottom.”

Blight

pastemagazine

7.9

“Singer Peter Silberman explores how a culture of convenience and thoughtless consumption are wreaking havoc. Though the subject matter is heavy, the songs are restrained, and the arrangements are frequently gorgeous.”

Familiars

pitchfork

7.8

“The Antlers’ first full-length in three years confirms that they are operating in their own zone. It doubles down on their last record's somnambulant moodiness and increases the focus on atmosphere, resulting in their longest, most subtle release.”

Hospice

pastemagazine

7.6

“Originally the solo vehicle of singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Peter Silberman, The Antlers reached an early apex with the release of their third album Hospice in August 2009. Both haunting and harrowing, it told the tale of an unwieldy relationship filtered through the perspective of a hospice worker and a dying patient. The Brooklyn-based band underscored the storyline with written ”

Hospice

ben

7.8

“It’s sad. But kind of strange theater. An album unlike any other in many good and many odd ways.”