First Listen: The Antlers, 'Familiars' — npr.org

hide captionThe Antlers' new album, Familiars, comes out June 17. The Antlers' new album, Familiars, comes out June 17. The 2009 album Hospice sparked a major breakthrough for The Antlers, but it's not the sort of success a band would want to duplicate, even if it could. As the title suggests, Hospice was built around a dark unifying theme — an examination of the events surrounding the slow death of singer Peter Silberman's friend — so the record comes by its desolate, life-and-death intensity honestly. But it was hard to imagine at the time how the Brooklyn trio would make another record, let alone carve out a long-term career.

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