#antlers hospice album

[tokyogruel]

[glittergroovy]

Kettering · The Antlers

[pendraegon]

two by the antlers

[arsenicflame]

good morning, today for your consideration

izzycore

[iamtryingtobelieve]

You're screaming

And cursing

And angry

And hurting me

Then smiling

And crying

Apologising

[yurayuray]

It's been like 7 years since I first listened to this song and i'm still not over these lyrics mind you

[enteragoodnamehere]

ah yes its that kind of day *puts the flowers of robert mapplethorpe by patrica taxxon on loop*

[ichorblossoms]

putting the dog to sleep by the antlers to the tune of p2 grimmyarrow.....augh

[sirenemale]

it’s the bitter mix of grief, confusion & absolute lack of answers as to why parents abuse you, letting tv and the internet raise you and coming out unsure of anything. Cause tv resolves neatly, so do movies, so do games, so it’s the idea of Hey I’m doing everything in paper I’m doing everything on script, where is my ending. Where is the part it all comes together clean, and sweet. But it’s The free churro episode of bojack horseman and sitcoms cannot end happy because if the characters are happy then the show cannot continue. Cause it’s a constant joke where you’re getting beat down again and you just have to bear it so you don’t hurt anyone, cause that’s what your parents taught you. It’s a birthright but instead of some abusive home where everyone knows eachother is drowning, it’s just me swept under the rug. And even in the air it’s still about them and how much it killed them to hear that they chose to abandon me over and over again. Didn’t get anything from it. Nothing is particularly worse but this episode hits on how just, empty and grim it is realizing that you’ve lost all justification. No more ‘If I just do this enough, if I’m good enough, If I stop crying, stop asking for help, stop hoping’ then they will love me. And severing it means that there wasn’t anything, it happened for no reason. It’s them and they won’t care enough to look you in the eyes and say they see you as a person.

[lesbiten]

babe wake up its time to sob to in the attic of the universe by the antlers and once again be flabbergasted that no one ever talks about how insanely good it is

[glittergroovy]

Kettering · The Antlers

[moorwood]

FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE WHO FUCKING GETS IT when the "my trust in you is a dog with a broken leg tendons too torn to beg for you to let me back in" hits 😭😭

RIGHT?? Ive known the song for *ages* now and I just recently rediscovered it bc I was listening to some of the Antlers’ other stuff and its just so…. I dont even have words it’s beautiful it’s atmospheric it’s one of the most depressing things Ive ever heard and I love it. God damn what a song

[arsenicflame]

∞

!! Excited to see what song comes up

Standing on shingles at night, Can't you see that there's a reason? The plans aren't on the ground, They're high and hanging down

put a "∞" in my ask box and I'll shuffle my music player and give you my favorite lyric from the song that comes up.

[cripplecharacters]

This might not be relevant to this blog, but I kinda want a second opinion in case it might hurt people. I'm making a webcomic and when I introduce new characters I like to share playlists that represent them with the audience. One of my characters is a burn survivor with scars (resulting in limb and facial differences). I have the song Burn Alive by The Last Dinner Party on her playlist because I feel like the lyrics and theme really represent her character arc, but now I'm concerned that the imagery of "burn me alive" that occurs in the song might be upsetting, especially in relation to a character who is a burn survivor. Should I take it off, or make a note to go with it, or just leave as is?

Hello lovely asker!

I think this is okay even if it is in relation to their disability because they're is a lot of music that does talk about disability.

The Glass Passenger (Album) by Jack's Mannequin - About his cancer and treatment

I can't feel by Yours Truly - written about POTS

Moulty by The Barbarians - written about his hand amputation

I'm not gonna miss you by Glen Campbell - about Alzheimer's

Hospice (album) by The Antlers

Pain by Of Mice and Men - Marfans syndrome

There's even a lot of music that a lot of people with disabilities relate to also (I found and went through my old angsty early 2010's playlist to find these so excuse the selection 😅)

Runs in the family by Amanda Palmer

Medicine by Hollywood Undead

I'm so sick by flyleaf

Migraine by Twenty One Pilots

And probably so many others. This extends to even classical music as well

String quartet no.8 by Shostakovich

Symphony no.8 by Alfred Schnittke

Requiem in D Minor by Mozart

Other composers like Shumann and Ravel all have works that they wrote when they were Ill as well. A lot of surviving compositions during WWII era are also regarded as an example of the trauma/PTSD/anxiety/depression that was not uncommon during the time.

The whole point in music is expression, connection, and relation. The music says what you want it to say about your character, and there is that association. Disability has long been used in a metaphorical stance in poems and songs and even in our everyday language. I think if the song portrays it at something negative like using slurs or saying that the aftermath is something "Ugly", using the metaphor as something harmful or any other sorta negative language, then yeah it might be best to leave it out.

If there isn't any then it seems fine. If you're worried you can always remove it or maybe put those little note by each song and why you choose them and how they relate to the character! Even look up and see if you can find music made by other burn survivors and if any songs fit into the playlist for your character!

Hopefully this is helpful!

~ Mod Virus 🌸

[peridyke]

I have like a deep indescribable fear and dread and sadness for the topic of cancer very specifically while also having my brain be morbidly fascinated by stories surrounding it despite it upsetting me so I like. read the lyrics for all of the songs from the album hospice by the antlers (i only know of this album because I have epilogue liked on spotify) (I've been combing through my likes and saw it) (I have never been able to listen to the full song thats why I had to read the lyrics for the album) (my eyes hurt cause the lyrics page had no dark mode) (goodnight)

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Prologue • Kettering • Sylvia • Atrophy • Bear • Thirteen • Two • Shiva • Wake • Epilogue

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