Album Rating: 4.5

i hate twfm, always have

Album Rating: 3.5

This, new Metallica and new Beach House are all incontinent disasters and deserve no relativist redemption arcs

Album Rating: 4.5

You know the album is an absolute load of pony if sowing has 3’d It

Album Rating: 4.0

TWFM is the most National of all National albums, probably now listened to it three times more than any of the others

Album Rating: 4.0

My expectations are Mariana Trench-low and based on the reactions / their recent material, that may not be low enough to help

Album Rating: 4.0

i think high violet is the most national of their albums. TWFM has a case for their best album but it has a couple clunkers that remind me of their new crappy era

Album Rating: 4.5

remember when this band got us to listen to six hours of sorrow

Album Rating: 4.0

sorrow found me when I was listening to the first two pages of frankenstein

Album Rating: 4.0

TWFM is all ripperz no skipperz

Album Rating: 3.5

I Need My Skip

Album Rating: 4.5

Apparently, band collabs with very famous people and suddenly its no longer cool to like them on sput. haha.



Album genuinely has 5 or 6 bangers.



Also, TWFM kinda sucks. Pales in comparison to Alligator Boxer High Violet Sleep Well. Cheers

Album Rating: 5.0

Hm ok second spin of Frankenstein down, Stockholm syndrome is setting in a bit, the first 5 tracks are pretty good tbh but it gets much spottier after that, last three track especially are major weak sauce.

Album Rating: 4.5

when i hear matt say "I don't want it! I don't care!" on Eucalyptus I picture Phoebe Bridgers trying to make him take his blood pressure medication by blending it in with his porridge

Album Rating: 4.0

Problem I have is I know the pre release songs so well and I’ve been through the ‘maybe there’s something?’ stage with each back round to realising they’re dull.



That kills the first half of the album straight off.

Album Rating: 4.0

Wow this has already dropped below 3.0 on RYM, on course to be rated lower than the debut.



Good critic ratings and thought some people would like it, but it appears very very few do.

Album Rating: 4.0

I’d say the only National album that didn’t get ‘the album cover it deserves’ is Sad Songs that should have something better.



This one is awful, looks like a shit flyer image not something for an album sleeve, and it’s even worse than ‘Easy’s ‘attack of the toothpaste swirls’.



HV’s is the most iconic, TWFM is the image that grows on you, ‘Boxer’ suits that album as does the SWB one though not an image I’m so in love with. ‘Alligator’ looks a bit cheaper and unrefined but again suits that one.



The debut one is ‘no one listens to us so why not?’

Album Rating: 5.0

Should I give the newest a hate listen? Just from the singles and what's being said, it might be what finally makes me give up on these guys lol.

Album Rating: 4.0

It’s just really bland and Tropic Morning and New Order T-Shirt are among the better songs on there.



For me it actually peaks on the opening song that’s really just a glorified intro with Sufjan cooing. It sets a vibe and three times it’s made me think the album that follows could still be good, give it another honest go...



Then you reach that ‘take it’ chorus on ‘Eucalyptus’ and 🤦‍♂️ the spell is broken.

Album Rating: 4.0

As for the TWFM bashing - the worst song on that album and the most milque is ‘I Need My Girl’ but try and argue that wouldn’t have been a relative highlight here



The band still usually put more TWFM songs in their set list than from any other album, that tends to be the true litmus, and tracks like Swallow the Cap and Graceless are among their best when played live.

Album Rating: 5.0

Listening to the new one is a distinctly weird experience - this is my favorite band of all time so it’s very easy for me to think of ways the songs could have been improved just by doing what they used to do so well. As I’ve said I’ll probably hit a point where I appreciate these songs more for what they do…but then they’ll drop off again.