Familiars (The Antlers album)

Familiars
Studio album by The Antlers
Released	June 17, 2014
Recorded	Antlercorp Studios, Brooklyn, 2013 – 2014
Genre	Indie rock, indie folk, dream pop, post-rock
Language	English
Label	ANTI- / Transgressive Records
Producer	The Antlers
The Antlers chronology
Undersea (2012) Familiars (2014)
Singles from Familiars
"Palace" Released: March 31, 2014 "Hotel" Released: May 5, 2014

Familiars is the fifth studio album by American indie rock group The Antlers. It was released on June 16, 2014, by Transgressive Records in the United Kingdom and on June 17, 2014, by ANTI- in the United States.^[1]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album received an average score of 82, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 27 reviews.^[2] Pitchfork Media gave the album a 7.8 rating, indicating "Familiars is the latest satisfying effort from a band that continues to reward those listeners who give them the attention their elegant, secretly weird music deserves."^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Silberman.

1. "Palace" – 5:38
2. "Doppelgänger" – 7:05
3. "Hotel" – 5:01
4. "Intruders" – 5:25
5. "Director" – 6:14
6. "Revisited" – 7:42
7. "Parade" – 5:12
8. "Surrender" – 6:16
9. "Refuge" – 4:57

Release history

Personnel

The Antlers

• Peter Silberman – vocals, guitar
• Darby Cicci - trumpet, upright/electric bass, piano, rhodes, synths, organ, vocals
• Michael Lerner – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Brent Arnold – cello (tracks 2, 6, 9)
• Andrew Dunn – trombone (tracks 2, 9)
• Timmy Mislock – guitar (tracks 5, 6)
• Jon Natchez – trombone (tracks 4, 6, 8), euphonium, tuba, bari/tenor sax

References