| MEDIA RELEASE | MEDIA RELEASE | MEDIA RELEASE | Tuesday 11 November, 2014 For immediate release
THE ANTLERS ANNOUNCE MELBOURNE SHOW AT MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
'Ignore them if you dare, but consider yourself warned, too, that watching one of the biggest little groups in Brooklyn conjure such fascinating sonic shapes is becoming a reward in itself.’ – Pitchfork
Now in their seventh year, Brooklyn’s acclaimed indie rock darlings The Antlers will be bringing their haunted tales of love unmoored to the acoustically spectacular and intimate grandeur of the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Saturday 14 February. Limited pre-sale tickets are available NOW for Melbourne Recital Centre Members via melbournerecital.com.au or (03) 9699 3333, with general on sale commencing at 9:00am on Friday 14 November. Familiars, the band’s fifth studio album, was conceived, written and recorded over eighteen months. The result sees vocalist/guitarist Peter Silberman, multiinstrumentalist Darby Cicci, and drummer Michael Lerner assume a newfound
hopefulness with nine sparkling tracks that shimmer with operatic vigor. Armed to the teeth with a grandiose arrangement of sounds that both tower and tumble, Lerner’s unnerving drumming keeps apace like an arrhythmic heartbeat. ‘We became really obsessed with Alice Coltrane’s Journey in Satchidananda, Charles Mingus’ The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady, and Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew,’ says Cicci. ‘They represented an almost spiritual self-expression, fugue-like repetition of themes, and the liberation of using pure discovery as a finished work.’ The Antlers may be one of the finest indie rock bands in the world right now but in the purest sense of the genre, and in their own unparalleled way, Familiars is The Antlers delivering to the world their personal take on a soul record. Don’t miss your chance to see The Antlers bringing these songs to life when they perform within the splendid surrounds at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Saturday 14 February. Proudly Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre
THE ANTLERS SATURDAY 14 FEBRUARY Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Melbourne Recital Centre Limited pre-sale tickets are available NOW for Melbourne Recital Centre Members via melbournerecital.com.au or (03) 9699 3333, with general on sale commencing at 9:00am on Friday 14 November. antlersmusic.com melbournerecitalcentre.com.au
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