Released May 10, 2011 Language English Burst Apart
(2011) Undersea
(2012) Release date 10 May 2011 | Length 41:27 Producer The Antlers Artist The Antlers Label Frenchkiss Records | |
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Recorded Watcher's Woods, Brooklyn,
September 2010 – January 2011 Genres Indie rock, Indie pop, Chamber pop Similar The Antlers albums, Indie rock albums | ||
The antlers burst apart full album
Burst Apart is the fourth studio album by American indie rock group The Antlers. It was released on Frenchkiss Records on May 10, 2011 and the day before in the UK / Japan / Europe by Transgressive Records. It began streaming on the National Public Radio website on April 24, 2011. The cover art was designed by Zan Goodman, who also designed the album cover for their previous album, Hospice.
Contents
- The antlers burst apart full album
- The antlers i don t want love
- Critical reception
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The track "Parentheses" was released as an iTunes single on April 5, 2011.
The antlers i don t want love
Critical reception
Upon its release, Burst Apart received highly positive reviews from most critics. It was featured on many best of the year lists of music magazines and was voted album of the year 2011 by Drowned in Sound. It currently holds a score of 81 from review aggregate website Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim." Most critics have noted the contrast between Burst Apart and its predecessor Hospice, a highly conceptual album about a hospice worker who falls in love with a dying patient.
Pitchfork Media gave the album an 8.2 rating and endorsed it with its "Best New Music" label; reviewer Ian Cohen remarked that although Burst Apart could not achieve the cult-like following of Hospice, it is "still tethered to a magnanimity and expressive clarity that makes it almost every bit as devastating." Jeremy Aaron of AbsolutePunk said that while the record "marks a move away from the stifling bleakness" of Hospice, it is still "an incredible sounding album," composed with "breathtaking elegance."
Marc Hawthorne of The A.V. Club likewise commented on the difference, writing that Hospice "bummed everyone out--in the best possible way," but that The Antlers were able to create a followup that "easily reaches grand, dramatic heights even while remaining relatively subdued."
Personnel
Songs
1I Don't Want Love3:19
2French Exit4:03
3Parentheses3:26