About

Antarctica Takes It! is the music project I began in 2004. I write, arrange, record, and play most of the instruments on each song. This is the band blog.

Releases:
The Penguin League (2006)
Constellations (2010)

Dylan McKeever - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Ukulele, Drums

Members have included:
Maria Schoettler - Vocals
Vanessa Waring - Cello
Tyler Martin - Piano, Keyboard, Trumpet, Vocals
Max Bennett-Parker - Piano
Rachel Fannan - Vocals
Thor Heyerdahl - Guitar

Live:
Brian Pfeiffer - Bass
Lamar Johnson - Piano
Alex Barajas - Drums

Purchase our records:
Bandcamp
Insound

UK Label
HDIFTBL

For more info: Contact Me
3 June 10

Rough Trade

Constellations is now available for pre-release on the Rough Trade website.  They wrote up a little article about the album too!  Here’s an excerpt…

…with his second album, he appears to have bought himself a microphone and perhaps even spent some time in a proper studio, because he takes the lo-fi spirit of the first record and introduces it to all the clarity and beauty and sparkling perfection that the modern recording process can offer. he also stretches out to touch slightly broader reference points, with the indie folk of the debut being joined by soaring aislers set-style pop, gorgeous beach boys-esque harmonising, the kind of stumbling, good-hearted folk that bright eyes might have produced in recent years, and a joyous, wild-eyed, creatively-ablaze energy that has you wondering what the hell he’s going to do next.

Read on…

  1. antarcticatakesit posted this
Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh