Peter Silberman, front­man of The Antlers came off as a seri­ously heart­bro­ken guy on the last two releases. On ‘Hospice’ (a strict con­cept album) he told the story of a doomed romance between a ter­mi­nally ill girl and her des­per­ate care­taker. The next one, ‘Burst Apart’ was a col­lec­tion of songs about sim­i­larly depress­ing themes.

This new sin­gle ‘Drift Dive’ from their upcom­ing EP ‘Undersea’ is, how­ever, quite uplift­ing in com­par­i­son. It’s still not feel-good music (“The planet drowns in a hun­dred days, | Dissolving into a mil­lion pieces in a bil­lion places.”) but at least not overtly trau­matic. Not that I had any prob­lem with that, it’s just nice to know there is a brighter side too. Silberman’s voice sounds more sooth­ing than ever, the whole song feels like a sound­track for a dream. One that we wouldn’t mind dreaming.