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Hospice
An album about a hospice worker falling apart while caring for someone who keeps hurting him. For anyone who loved someone who couldn't love them back right.
Who it's for
The album tells the story of a hospice worker caring for a patient dying of bone cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and critics widely read that story as a metaphor for an emotionally abusive relationship.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Hospice is the third studio album and first concept album by indie rock band The Antlers, which produced it. It was self-released in March 2009 and reissued, remastered, by Frenchkiss Records that August. Set at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, it follows a hospice worker and a patient with terminal bone cancer whose relationship declines as her illness, fears and trauma take hold.
Where to find it
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Tidal; also on CD/vinyl.
Before you start
Heads up: Terminal cancer, dying and death.
Age: Not verified (suggested 16+)
It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding;Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Giving”
