Album Rating: 4.0
I’m with Eyes here, but I’m open to it growing on me a lot! Only one spin down so I’m making no judgments yet.
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will sound glorious this summer
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Album Rating: 2.0
I'm in the middle of everyone. I think this is above Alligator and SWB but not quite up to their three classics. "Roman Holiday" is the only song here I find a little bland, though, and even that has a beautiful swell of strings in its closing moments.
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Album Rating: 2.0
I really didn't like "Not In Kansas" at first as well but I've found myself growing fonder of it with each listen.
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
This band can’t write a chorus anymore huh
‘Duh duh duh duh (loooong pause) duh’ is not a great framework for every other chorus. (Roman...Holiday and I am easy to...Find are the worst offenders)
Female vocals were required because the material is so under developed melodically. Quiet Light is nice-ish. Where is Her Head is different and fairly successful.
I don’t really like any of the female vocals in terms of tone mixing with Matt - swear they’ve worked better before? Honestly the quality here is such that B-Sides of a similar style like Exile Vilify or Think You Can Wait would be easily the best songs here.
Bitterly disappointing, the National are finally genuinely boring and just ‘nice’ guys
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
Basically ‘Embellishment: The Album’
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Album Rating: 4.2
Basically Confirmation Bias: The Post
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Basically: it's an album by some sad sack ohio band I think is called the national who like to sing about being sad and how it rains and shit.
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Album Rating: 1.0 | Sound Off
Lol
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Not in Kansas is incredible.
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If this is High Violet level I'll be a happy man.
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Album Rating: 2.5
SWB did the studio experimentation so much better, on this it’s completely in the way, to the point where it’s almost a like for like substitution, of affecting or catchy melodies. the female guests are utilised better than I expected based off the opener and are actually a saving grace, most of the time matt’s vocal and lyricism is just so surface level that he’s ended up relying on their timbre.
not a sister album to TWFM in any stretch of the imagination, either
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Album Rating: 2.0
Some of the choruses could be stronger, I don't disagree there, but for one dud moment ("Roman Hol.....iday") there's another brilliant melody ("She said please, make the best of him") and in songs like "Hey Rosey" and the title track I think they're great.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
This is the only National album I’ve 5’d next to TWFM lol
...but Rylan’s intro just reminds me of The Adventure by Angels and Airwaves and I can’t unhear it
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Album Rating: 4.2
what kind of bizarro alternate universe did I fall into where people listen to The National for catchy melodies lmfao
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
The voice of reason arrives ;D
Agreed anatelier, the female vocals are the best feature of the album.
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
Row - I just need some melody.
Embellishments won’t cut it. Ooh strings, choral vocals, female vocals, the Dessner’s experimenting...lads, I need a song here! Lads? Lads?! Matt? I trust you Matt.
Oh, you’re taking half the song off. Matt....?
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
I went into this album expecting 2.5 at best and the boys have possibly pulled their best album here and I’m just like :o
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Album Rating: 2.5
you’re right dude they’ve never made catchy songs
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
This is like a boring Sufjan album.
The Age Of Dadz or something
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