Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
thats why i loved them so much, and its why i cant relate to them anymore
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Album Rating: 4.0
the period of adolescence is the period of identity formation, which the national project a lot of fear about in all of their albums.
It's not the same thing. Adolescence is that actual process both physically and mentally entering adulthood. Having existential crises doesn't make you adolescent.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
if that's how you want to categorize the band's lyrics, by all means. if anything i think an existential crisis both predates and succeeds adolescence, and usually occur periodically during a time of adolescence as a trademark of it, so what's your point? i haven't had an existential crisis since departing adolescence
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
i will say, never has such predictable music gotten such acclaim. i mean did anyone really expect anything more than what they got here? so many bands get slandered the house down when they become this predictable
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Anthracks: I'm very happy with where I'm at in life, but I can still relate to the National in the same way I can Elliot Smith or any number of other bands that aren't traditionally 'happy.' Sadness can be beautiful, and acknowledging its existence is important. You wouldn't enjoying your happiness now if you'd never experienced sadness.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
i can still feel the band, i wouldn't have it rated at 4/5 if i couldn't. no need to exaggerate my criticisms
the band clearly has only one trick up their sleeve. any other band would get torn to shreds, but this is The National
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Album Rating: 4.7
Bryan is certainly a beast.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
could be. i'm just saying this is an object lesson in the lengths people will go to justify the worth of music, as opposed to simply saying "because i like it," 'cause that's not good enough for some people even though that's all there is
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Album Rating: 3.5
fucking crazy album simple and pure
with a crazy rhyming scheme that has been given throughout the album
fucking crazy
gripping and soft all the way
lullaby
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
Bryan is certainly a beast. (2)
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Album Rating: 3.5
Is this boring?
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
depends on if you like their other stuff or not
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Album Rating: 5.0
some boring jams like demons is awful
but lotsa good jams too
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Album Rating: 3.5
I have High Violet at a 3 so...
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
"some boring jams like demons is awful "
wtf nope
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Album Rating: 5.0
oh man the end bit of this is the last time
'jenny i am in trouble' onwards with those female vox
damn whoa
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
yeah, one of the real stand-outs here
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Album Rating: 3.5
To me, their music just seems like forced emotional bullshit that I kinda don't care about.
Some good tracks, though.
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Album Rating: 1.5
sigh
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Album Rating: 4.0
That little guitar plucking at 3:47 of Humiliation. How can something so simple be so good
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