The National Trouble Will Find Me
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Dylan620
October 26th 2016


5870 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Boney to my knowledge the average has never gone below a 4, stabilized there for some time until it went up just recently

theBoneyKing
October 27th 2016


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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Ah, fair enough Dylan, having not been on the site at the time that was mere conjecture on my part. Regardless I still think the general opinion on this has gradually improved.

Dylan620
October 27th 2016


5870 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah it has, several people on Sput were disappointed with this when it came out (including myself) but these days I see a lot of people hail it as either their best, or one of

StarlessCore
October 27th 2016


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i was disappointed when it came out

but then i realized its still a solid record but they set the bar too high for much of sad songs and then through hv

theBoneyKing
October 27th 2016


24391 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

I was also moderately disappointed at first but obviously it grew on me.

uhh
October 27th 2016


434 Comments


band is quite boring

theBoneyKing
October 27th 2016


24391 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

If by boring you mean gorgeous and incredibly emotionally resonant then yeah

StarlessCore
October 27th 2016


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torts when i first heard em at your age i thought the same thing

year later they were by far my favorite band in this genre

Dylan620
October 27th 2016


5870 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

At the very least I can get someone finding this or Boxer to be pretty dull



Alligator and High Violet are both incredible though

uhh
October 27th 2016


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I don't like the genre as a whole, and yea I am young so, yea, there ya go

no more needed of me in this thread

theBoneyKing
October 27th 2016


24391 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

-torts

StarlessCore
October 27th 2016


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i thought these guys were boring dreary idiots tbh

then one morning on the ride to school apartment story kinda hit me and i was like jesus

theBoneyKing
October 27th 2016


24391 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

I first them around age 13 and have loved them since, in fact my love has only grown and grown with time.

StarlessCore
October 27th 2016


7752 Comments


it was boxer first and then i fell in love with the themes of childhood/coming of age in alligator. brilliant record

Deathconscious
October 27th 2016


27348 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

this album right here is what really got me into them. i mean, i liked them before but i didnt love them. for some reason this album acted as a kind of gateway to make them one of my top 5 favorite bands. then i fell in love with everything Alligator and on.

Dylan620
October 27th 2016


5870 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I was lukewarm towards these dudes at first. "Racing like a Pro" was my first National song and I loved it instantly, but was disappointed when the rest of Boxer (initially) failed to leave the same impression. Eventually that album grew on me and I moved on to Alligator, and then High Violet was the one that blew me away and made me realize there was a decent chance these dudes could become one of my favorite bands.

Dylan620
October 27th 2016


5870 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This is probably third out of the four I've heard



Violet > Gator > Trouble >= Boxer imo



About a month or so ago this and Boxer would have been the other way around, time has been kind to this one

Ryus
October 27th 2016


36709 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

greatest dig i have ever seen ever toad good job



putting this above boxer is just :o

Dylan620
October 27th 2016


5870 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It's really close, Boxer has higher highs ("Racing like a Pro" and "Slow Show" are nigh untouchable) but also has a couple lulls peppered throughout. The highlights are in greater quantity here ("Heavenfaced," "This Is the Last Time," "Pink Rabbits," "Don't Swallow the Cap," "Sea of Love," etc.) and the album feels more consistent throughout imo

Ryus
October 27th 2016


36709 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

boxer and alligator are just untouchable for me, alligator especially



this does nothing for me in terms of emotion



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