THE ANTLERS - BURST APART
Originally a solo project for lead singer Peter Silberman, The Antlers have produced an electronica-tinged delicacy on their fourth album (their second as a three piece) that has echoes of Radiohead, Air and Boards of Canada.
Opener, "I Don`t Want Love" is Jeff Buckley doing a Motown ballad whilst fronting Radiohead, where Silberman`s effective falsetto soars over arpeggio guitars and a steady backbeat. "Parentheses" crashes Portishead-style moody electronica into Anthony and the Johnsons vocal theatricality, and single, "Every Night My Teeth are Falling Out" is the best Radiohead song they never wrote.
There is a real depth of sound to Burst Apart, from the improved vocal work of Silberman to the delicately-layered guitar, shuffling drums and swathes of alternativly sweeping and rolling electronica. The sound of Burst Apart is desolate, fragile and strangley nocturnal. The stunningly beautiful "No Widows" echoes night time, rain-drenched motorways, "Rolled Together" alludes to too much time spent staring at the moon, via silvery guitars and Sigur Ros dramatics, and "Hounds" is a big spacey epic ballad that is a painful as it is tender.
Burst Apart is a step forward from a band who have produced something that is musically challenging, yet rewarding, tender yet never patronizing.
DOWNLOAD - FRENCH EXIT, NO WIDOWS, EVERY NIGHT MY TEETH ARE FALLING OUT, HOUNDS
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