Antlers' Peter Silberman releases solo single, "Slips Away"
Over the summer, we mentioned that Antlers frontman Peter Silberman was planning his first proper solo album, and while we’re still awaiting details (like title and release date), we did just get what may be its lead single. The song is called “Slips Away” and it’s out now as a single on ANTI- Records. If you like The Antlers’ melancholic pop, you’ll like this too. Here’s what Peter says about it:
Alan Watts wrote, “The greater part of human activity is designed to make permanent those experiences and joys which are only lovable because they are changing.”
Like nearly everyone I know, I contend with this daily – to accept the transitory and experience shifting tectonic plates as passing clouds. I’ve dedicated much of the last few years’ creative effort to embracing this unflinching force of nature. Change is a heartbeat, evidencing life.
And so Slips Away is my preliminary meditation on this idea. The piece was written and recorded earlier this fall, largely in a secluded cabin upstate, surrounded by talkative crickets and tall old trees losing leaves.
I now recognize a bit of a paradox in attempting to capture transience in song, freezing a passing moment in space and time, preserving impermanence… so the best I can reconcile this is to think of Slips Away as a most basic reminder.
Listen and check out his just-announced tour dates:
Peter Silberman — 2016 Tour Dates
November 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ Resident
November 11 – San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall
November 14 – Seattle, WA @ Triple Door
November 16 – Portland, OR @ The Old Church
December 7 – London, UK @ Forge
December 8 – London, UK @ Forge
