THE ANTLERS + TINY VIPERS

date et heure

mardi 2 mars 2010 de 19:00 à 23:45

infos

THE ANTLERS

Sometimes you have to put yourself first, no matter how difficult that notion seems; no matter how much time and effort you've already put into this one person-the person who's reduced your very being to its absolute core. Just ask Peter Silberman, the string-pulling founder of The Antlers, a solo project that suddenly went widescreen on the self-released Hospice LP (now receiving a proper widespread pressing through Frenchkiss). The first Antlers effort to feature two key permanent players-powerhouse drummer Michael Lerner and the layer-lathering multi-instrumentalist Darby Cicci-it's an album with a sound that's actually as ambitious as its concept.
"Hospice was the clear indication that this isn't a singer-songwriter thing at all," says Silberman. "Whatever we record next is going to define the three of us as a 'band.' He continues, "I always figured I'd be the 'shredder' in a group...But things somehow ended up this way." We wouldn't have it any other way, either.

THE TINY VIPERS

Life on earth: both a curse and a gift.
A new recording by Tiny Vipers calls out to the void for an answer or a reason. Tiny Vipers is Jesy Fortino, a musician living in Seattle.
Transcending the mere folk tag ("She's not telling stories; she's after incantation and trance"-New York Times), Fortino leaves behind her contemporaries. The music has been deconstructed into an aether that floats beside the poignant lyrics. Drawing from disparate inspirational sources, from the avant-garde or country musician Townes Van Zandt, Fortino's playing is no imitation. It stands as its own, giving a musical life to those themes that inhabit her lyricisms: love found and lost, places come and gone. The persona of this album stands like a mountain watching the world go by, changing so fast. The future annihilates the past, consuming it like a fire.
Yet this is no bleak dirge. There are triumphs hidden behind the sorrows. A shining hope permeates the threat of doom here. Desperation fades and leaves you free in the end.


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