Antlers Go West
North American tour begins this week
Our North American tour begins this week on the West Coast. These shows and their continuation on the East Coast and Midwest in the Spring will all be opened by the excellent TŌTH
All these shows are on sale now here
It’s only been a few weeks since you last heard from me, and there’s not much news to report. In this season, notable events are whether melting snow became ice, or which birds were heard on an above-freezing afternoon. As I prepare for a lot of motion and action, I appreciate the quiet uneventfulness. But out there beyond the tree line, things are more chaotic.
I’ve been thinking about what’s needed in a gathering right now, in light of so much suffering happening — this thick sludge of pain and fear, frustratingly immune to compassion and reason.
In the past, I’ve thought of our shows as a peaceful haven in the middle of a turbulent world. But lately we’ve been playing louder and brasher, and something about that feels more appropriate.
I think I need to vent some heat about how things feel right now… maybe you do too?
Current Reading:
Octavia Butler - Parable of the Sower
Eckhart Tolle - The Power of Now
Jon Kabat-Zinn - Wherever You Go, There You Are (re-read)
Current Listening:
David Moore - Graze the Bell
Piers Faccini & Ballake Sissoko - Our Calling
Erroll Garner - Serenade to Laura
The shift from peaceful haven to louder/brasher energy makes total sense given current conditions. Sometimes venting heat collectively is the most honest response, especally when compassion feels futile against all the chaos. Reading Parable of the Sower right now feels fitting too, Butler was prescient about societal collapse paired with the need for comunity.