Hospice

A complaint about popular music today is that it's devoid of actual experience or true emotion. Or perhaps the emotions themselves are petty and melodramatic. In surrendering to the confines of the mainstream you often destroy the meaning of creation which is the experience of human emotion itself. For those of you who long for that meaning in your ipods and on your radios I give you Hospice by The Antlers.
Hospice is a journey into the love and loss of vocalist and guitarist Peter Silberman as he takes you through his experience loving someone and losing them to cancer. The album isn't just a usual collection of songs with absolutely no connection to each other, it's someone completely opening up and allowing the listener to witness what someone can go through mentally and emotionally when faced with mortality through the inevitable death of someone they care about. While some may find the premise "too depressing" with the current pop culture obsession with "emo"music why not try listening to a story of real life emotion that's actually worth being heard.

"We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival" ~ Winston Churchill