Antarctic – Self-Titled Album Review

While I tend to harp on this fact, it is incredibly rare to find a label that is a true tastemaker for a specific genre and consistently delivers. For this reason, Hello Sir Records out of Athens, GA stands out and has been an absolute gem of a label since its inception in 2006. If you are looking for amazingly technical jams from gorgeous post-rock to harder mathy stuff, this label is the first place you should look. That being said, when I picked up a copy of the debut release from the new four-piece out of Florida, Antarctic, I had incredibly high hopes and was not disappointed.

One of the best qualities of this record is the varied textures that Antarctic is able to produce with a very standard rock setup (drums, bass, and two guitars). Some of these tracks, like “Bergen” and “Intro”, are very melodic and would be comparable to bands like The Mercury Program and American Football (minus the vocals), while others like “Your Ships Are Googlin’ Pretty Hard” and “Arrowhead Wounds” would stand side-by-side with more metal-oriented acts like Russian Circles or By The End Of Tonight. All of this takes place in a mere thirty one minutes. While this record was released in late 2009, it still deserves this review, tons of other accolades, and platinum record sales. Basically, missing out on this would be a damn shame.

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carlo
carlo
13 years ago

yeah!!

Paul
Paul
13 years ago

Saw them in Montreal last fall, they are flawless live!

Daniel (Antarctic)
Daniel (Antarctic)
13 years ago

Thanks for checking it out ….. we very much appreciate it. If anyone has an idea on how we can get this record into the public eye a bit more, please let us know.

While we are proud of the album, its our live performances that we focus on; Its our truest expression. For that reason the record was made to play like our shows – no overdubbing instruments, all the “effects” are loops we created with a looping station and they are in our shows as well.
Essentially ……. its a “Live” record. Sans the audience (double entendre? )
Contact me at Daniel.l.shelton@gmail.com

Jake Reed
Jake Reed
13 years ago

amazing band. need to get my hands on a record!

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