The Antlers Review — culturefly.co.uk

Melancholy, ethereal, vast, sprawling. These are just some of the words that have been used to describe The Antlers’ music, and with their new record, Familiars, those adjectives are once again entirely justified. Much like when Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) became a thing in the 1990s when demand for a more thought-provoking branch of dance was high, the same can be said for the indie revolution. Gone are the four-chord, proto pop-punk guitar twanging of Razorlight, The Kooks and The Killers, and in is the slow-building, synth-driven indie of the likes of The Antlers. IIM if you like.

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