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Burst Apart

The Antlers

Burst Apart

Fourth album and follow-up to the acclaimed Hospice from the Brooklyn-based ambient indie rock band led by Peter Silberman

ADM rating[?]

7.9

Label
Transgressive
UK Release date
13/06/2011
US Release date
10/05/2011
  1. 10.0 |   God Is In The TV

    If you buy anything this year, make it this album
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  2. 9.1 |   A.V. Club

    It isn’t as conceptual as its predecessor, but Burst Apart is just as much of an event
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  3. 9.1 |   Beats Per Minute

    The Antlers have proven here that they are masters of sonic composition
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  4. 9.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    An album executed with skill and finesse, but also with nearly unbridled passion that exudes every aspect of each song
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  5. 9.0 |   FasterLouder

    Truly magnificent, heart-wrenching and incredibly invigorating album, worth every ounce of praise and attention from the world
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  6. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    As an exercise in maintaining artistic form, it's an indisputable success
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  7. 9.0 |   Rave Magazine

    While you won’t find anything as crushingly cathartic as Hospice’s Kettering or Sylvia on the LP, you’ll soon realise that The Antlers transcend the Brooklyn – or any – scene for that matter
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  8. 9.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    With Burst Apart, The Antlers have proven they may well be one of the world’s very finest
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  9. 9.0 |   BBC

    A collection of mesmeric, epic stillness
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  10. 9.0 |   The Fly

    Uplifting in a way that songs about death and sexual frustration just shouldn’t be. A beautiful paradox
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  11. 9.0 |   DIY

    'Burst Apart' is more atmospheric than 'Hospice', much more 'Atrophy' than 'Sylvia'
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  12. 8.2 |   Pitchfork

    Sheds the PR-bait bio and Arcade Fire aspirations that made its predecessor a word-of-mouth success, it's still tethered to a magnanimity and expressive clarity that makes it almost every bit as devastating.
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  13. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Not only does Burst Apart rise to the occasion of following up an instant classic, it might even best Hospice in more ways than one
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  14. 8.0 |   Prefix

    It might not benefit from the easy hooks of a concept album, but if you stick around till the end, it is every bit as rewarding as Hospice
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  15. 8.0 |   Blurt

    Silberman's lyrics keep pushing away any chance of intimacy, but Burst Apart's grace and drama are easy to love
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  16. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    Burst Apart manages to be just as surprising without suffering the major lulls that marred Hospice
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  17. 8.0 |   Bowlegs

    You won’t hear many records this year that can stir up emotion as effortlessly as this
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  18. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Finds the Antlers undergoing the best kind of reinvention, one in which a willingness to seek out newer sonic frontiers helps the band access a more nuanced emotional palette
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  19. 8.0 |   Q

    A soothing salve from a once-wounded soul. Print edition only

  20. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Creeps by slowly, enticing you in and keeping you fixated for 40 minutes
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  21. 7.0 |   NME

    A record that’s every bit the sonic departure it had to be
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  22. 7.0 |   AU Review

    This vaguely electronic new sound coalesces best on tracks ... where Peter Silberman’s lyrics are offset by robust rhythmic music
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  23. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    A far more vague and diffused listen, at odds with the close, heavy profusion of Hospice
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  24. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Burst Apart shows The Antlers to be on sure footing, playing to their strengths, but confident enough in their own instincts to depart from some of the qualities that made them the indie rock wunderkinds of 2009
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  25. 6.0 |   Spin

    Still summon widescreen, dramatic moments when their moody tangents cohere, but too many songs sacrifice substance for prettiness
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  26. 6.0 |   No Ripcord

    Silberman's lyrics are still excellent. It’s the music and lack of emotional range that’s missing here
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  27. 6.0 |   Uncut

    A gently epic sensibility that verges on orchestral. Print edition only

  28. 6.0 |   State

    Silberman’s voice hovers on top like a sprinkling of icing sugar on an éclair.
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  29. 6.0 |   The Independent

    As desolate as might be expected from a band clearly in thrall to Radiohead
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