Familiars (album)

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Familiars
FamiliarsAlbumCover.jpg
Studio album by
The Antlers
ReleasedJune 17, 2014
Recorded2013–2014
StudioAntlercorp Studios
(Brooklyn, New York)
Genre
Length53:15
Language English
Label
Producer The Antlers
The Antlers chronology
Undersea
(2012)		Familiars
(2014)		 Green to Gold
(2021)
Singles from Familiars
  1. "Palace"
    Released: March 31, 2014
  2. "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]

Contents

The album was preceded by the singles "Palace" and "Hotel".

Writing and composition

In an interview with Pitchfork Media, Silberman explained the concept of Familiars stating, "I was trying to understand attachment in this record. We get attached to our memories, to our ideas of who we are, of who other people are. There's a buildup of thoughts about something that keeps you from seeing it as it truly is. I've been trying to clear away as much attachment as possible in the way that I think and act. Part of that is revisiting the past and letting go of things that I've unknowingly held on to for a long time. Most of the time you don't even realize you're holding onto something, it's just a quiet whisper in the back. We're very good at distracting ourselves, which is a way of escaping, but there's no real way to escape yourself in the end. The more you try to escape yourself the more you'll be hideously confronted by whatever you're running away from, so I think it's better to face it head on." [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club A− [5]
Consequence of Sound B+ [6]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [7]
Exclaim! 9/10 [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
NME 8/10 [12]
Paste 8.9/10 [13]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [14]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [17]

Familiars received wide acclaim from most music critics. 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. [3] 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." [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Silberman.

No.TitleLength
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
Total length:53:15

Release history

CountryDateLabelFormat
United KingdomJune 16, 2014 Transgressive Records CD
LP
Digital Download
United StatesJune 17, 2014 ANTI- CD
LP
Digital Download

Personnel

The Antlers
Additional personnel

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