The Antlers' kiss of death

The Antlers keep being told that their new concept album, about a dying woman, is a life-changer. But how much of an ordeal did they go through themselvesThe Hanbury Ballroom in Brighton was built in 1892 as a mausoleum for the Sassoon family. There's something fitting, then, in the subject matter chosen by the band playing to the packed crowd, happily jostling at the bar. The Antlers, from New York, are singing about a skeletal girl succumbing to terminal illness.The subject is deeply personal...

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