QRO’s review of The Antlers at Belgrave Music Hall in Leeds, U.K. on November 2nd, 2014
Photos of The Antlers at 2014 Music Fest NW in Portland, OR
Photos of The Antlers at Webster Hall in New York, NY on July 26th, 2014
Photos of The Antlers at Terminal 5 in New York, NY on December 14th, 2012
Photos of The Antlers at 2012 All Tomorrow’s Parties in Minehead, U.K.
Photos of The Antlers at Iroquois Amphitheater in Louisville, KY on June 9th, 2012
Photos of The Antlers at 2011 Constellations Festival in Leeds, U.K.
Photos of The Antlers at 2011 Sasquatch! Music Festival in George, WA
QRO’s review of The Antlers at Heaven in London, U.K. on May 12th, 2011
Photos of The Antlers at 2010 Osheaga Music Festival in Montreal, PQ, Canada
QRO’s review of The Antlers at Hudson River Park in New York, NY on July 22nd, 2010
Photos of The Antlers at Massey Hall in Toronto, ON, Canada on June 9th, 2010
As much as people say that sad songs are tough, they’re actually easier to make than happy ones. Conveying heartbreak is easy, but how do you express cheer without being treacly? Brooklyn’s The Antlers have been delivering beautiful sadness for over a decade now, but on Green To Gold, their first new album in seven years, they manage to bring the brightness without the glare.
Photos of The Antlers at Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA on June 5th, 2010
Photos of The Antlers at Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA on June 4th, 2010
Photos of The Antlers at Terminal 5 on February 19th, 2010
QRO’s review of The Antlers as part of Sounds Like Brooklyn on February 5th, 2010
Photos of The Antlers at Music Hall in Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY on May 29th, 2009
There is a definite ‘looking back on summers as a child’ feel to Green, those wonderfully open days that Calvin & Hobbes memorialized so well. But instead of wistful melancholy, The Antlers appreciate those times and others. Green is a soft, bright record, but neither shines too hard nor washes too low-key. The pieces do run together a bit, including both opening and closing instrumentals, for more of a background feel, but the days ran together back then as well.
And they ran together this last year, but for the wrong reasons, cooped up inside. The Antlers’ look back in Green To Gold is also a hopeful look forward, to a more beautiful time.
