Album Rating: 3.0
Agreed this is good stuff.
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Album Rating: 2.5
so i had a cursory listen to this, it's more boring average stuff. the more i get disappointed by the national, the more i realise i just don't like the production or vocal choices they've adopted in their big leagues phase
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It’s better than I expected, not that I expected much. It’s better than Frankenstein and the abomination IAEtF
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
The best five songs on this and the best five songs on ‘Easy to Find’ aren’t that far apart though
IAETF just has some abysmal lows and feels all over the place and scattergun, whereas this has some consistency working for it…even if it’s a mostly snoozy consistency
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Album Rating: 2.5
i'm kinda hoping i'll like everything post HV more in concert. even though there was a dip in songwriting as well, i think the national also lost something sonically, maybe live they'll shed some of the studio stuff which blunts their delivery. i'm actually looking forward to matt's shittier live vocals
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
I enjoyed watching them last year, but only a third of the set was ‘nu-National’
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Album Rating: 2.5
this album has made me kinda re-evaluate SWB though, I still don't like it but it's better than these last three, was probably a bit harsh on it
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
SWB is up there with TWFM which is only a very very slight drop off from Alligator - HV. Honestly, Sad Songs to SWB are all classic to me.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
I slightly prefer SWB to TWFM, but both harbored signs of their decline despite being excellent. Laugh Track really sounds like a proper follow-up to SWB and shares more similarities than the other two, despite not being that much better than IAEtF.
And this band sure lost a lot of goodwill with fans huh, years ago this would be at page 30 or something after a few days. Having been variably disappointed by most of my favorite still active bands over the recent years, I’m trying to appreciate this return to quality for one of my top favs. But I’m not kidding myself that another Boxer or HV is on the horizon or anything.
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“despite not being that much better than IAEtF”
Ha good one Talons
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Album Rating: 3.5
not as much of a slog as IAETF
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Album Rating: 2.0
IAETF was so much better than these last two turds
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IAETF is great
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Album Rating: 4.0
So much hate for IAETF, but I didn't think it was that big of a drop-off from SWB (I gave it a 4 vs. SWB's 5).
You Had Your Soul With You, Quiet Light, Oblivions, The Pull Of You, I Am Easy To Find, Where Is Her Head, Not In Kansas, Hairpin Turns, Rylan, and Light Years are all solid, memorable National songs imo.
Sure, there's some fat that could be trimmed throughout, but the overall experience of the record I remember as a pleasant one. Soundtracked many rainy days driving in New York rather well!
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If you don’t like my review I will hunt down everyone’s IP and home addresses and kill all of you with hatred
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
Yeah IAEtF is at least 7/10; So Far So Fast, I Am Easy To Find, Quiet Light, Oblivions, Where Is Her Head, Hairpin Turns, Rylan, and Light Years are all great.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Wow, I'm really liking this. Definitely a bit more adventurous than Frankenstein.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yeah, this isn't as consistent as their classic era, but it has a lot of the same traits and sounds great.
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Album Rating: 3.0
IAETF is their worst, most self indulgent album
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Album Rating: 2.5
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