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Lost At Sea

Hospice sits squarely in this camp, a heartbreaking aural experience that hits us on a deeper level.

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

There’s a straightforward appeal to the album’s dynamism and fatalism, but that appeal swells with each close listen.

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musicOMH.com

Hospice succeeds by conveying deeply personal traumas as universally appreciable truths, until one man's lonely, painful catharsis transmogrifies into something panoramic and shared by all.

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Hot Press

Brooklyn's latest greatest deliver heartbreaking concept album.

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Delusions of Adequacy

This quintet of musicians are making a name for themselves and with Hospice, they have remarkably made one of 2009’s best albums.

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Pitchfork

Hospice answers silliness with solemnity, jitters with nerve. Their band name simply describes their music: a delicately branching instrument of force.

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Filter

Hospice accomplishes volumes by the addition of drumer Michael Lerner and multi-instrumentlist Darby Cicci, creating an expansively profound album addressing life's most transitory and fragile states. [Summer 2009, p.94]

Under The Radar

Silberman's compulsion to write these songs may have been cathartic for him, but listening to them is most certainly cathartic for all of us.

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Drowned In Sound

Hospice is an album of white walls, long desolate passages, and sudden blitzkriegs of high emotional drama – it’s not always comforting, but the players are hyper-attentive to the nuances of each note and lyric.

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The Guardian

Somehow, the lighter Hospice gets, the heavier it hits.

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PopMatters

Hospice is a fully-realized and fully-functional concept album.

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Prefix Magazine

Hospice mixes the personal and fictional in a way that few indie albums outside releases from Arcade Fire and Neutral Milk Hotel tend to do. Granted, Antlers aren’t in that league yet, but Hospice positions them as one of the more exciting young bands in indie rock today.

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NOW Magazine

Hospice isn’t uplifting or hopeful; it explores themes of dejection through delicate, beautiful sounds.

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Sputnikmusic

It’s obvious Hospice is an album Silberman made for himself, one that we’re just privileged to listen to and enjoy. So sit back, listen, and consider yourself lucky, punk.

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Tiny Mix Tapes

Hospice is a work of rare beauty and a watershed moment in The Antlers’ career.

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Alternative Press

It's a tidy package that's well-planned and executed, but with a few pop songs so well written, it's easy to want the band to shift directions and let the post-rock go by the wayside. [Sep 2009, p.100]

Spin

Hospice is packed with lofty choruses and extended instrumental passages (the alternately elegiac and tedious 'Atrophy'). But with emotional drama in abundance (mostly from vocalist Peter Silberman’s fiery, tormented shouts), sonic indulgences like the astral guitar blasts on “Thirteen” offer genuine catharsis.

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cokemachineglow

As a breakup narrative, it’s successful. As pop music, it’s either too insular or simply unable to turn Silberman’s own experience into something one would desire to revisit.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 9.6 (out of 10) based on 45 User Votes

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Bman gave it a10:
Heartbreaking. Some of the best lyrics I've heard in a while and one of the best albums I've heard this year. Highlights are Atrophy, Bear, Thirteen and Shiva. Gets better every time you listen to it, although first impressions aren't too bad, either.

wouldwebealive gave it a9:
First album in months that i find myself repeating over and over again.

Keith W gave it a10:
Breathtaking, touching yet not overdone at all. The singer makes this record one that many can empathise with.

David S gave it a10:
I get shivers every time I listen to this album. It is full of emotions, and worth a listen.

alex g gave it a10:
Best album since Radiohead s In Rainbows!

James P. gave it a10:
Currently halfway through this album, and I don't need to finish it to already know 10/10 passion and feeling went straight into this album, followed up with a great sound.

paul d gave it a10:
Absolutely stunning album! Better than anything I've heard in years..... a cinch for album of 2009. What a talented band!!!

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