And also I think these guys' palette has always been amazingly wide for a rock band, since Boxer they've been adding flourishes with any kind of instrument they could fit in. TWFM was diverse too, but in a pretty understated, aloof kind of way. This album freshens things up quite a bit to my ears. You have the care and the grace of the last two albums but an even more detailed listening experience. And just a lot livelier. Love it
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The band knows that everyone is gonna go "woah electronics in a National song" instead of assessing whether they're actually good. Adding syncopated rhythms to dad rock is considered "adventurous" and "risky."
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You're right but I think they are actually good. Walk it Back is a tour-de-force- Born to Beg, Empire Line and the last two all make me melt
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Album Rating: 4.0
Thats what every rock band does when they want to "experiment" these days, add electronic elements.
anyways, this album is fairly diverse, but they have a couple too many piano ballad songs on here.
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
Yeah I'm kind of with Adolf here - the electronics don't necessarily feel like a natural progression of their style (though they have been hinting at it somewhat for the past couple albums and they have certainly been gradually and subtly expanding their palette).
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I don't think it was supposed to be their Amnesiac or anything, but I think it does expand their sound quite a bit. Just in that subtle Nationaly way.
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Album Rating: 4.4 | Sound Off
I feel like people don't notice the electronics in HV and even more in TWFM. This really takes them to the next level tho.
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
They're certainly there but they are much more subtle than they are here and for all intents and purposes were barely even there.
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Album Rating: 4.4 | Sound Off
Maybe but compared to Alligator and Boxer I definitely noticed a significant change.
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Album Rating: 4.5
This is my AOTY out of the... *counts* five albums I've heard (up against Ulver, Flotation Toy Warning, Manchester Orchestra, and Brand New)
I'm happy with the hype 5 remaining in place, not sure what I'd actually rate this as of yet (probably somewhere in the 4-4.5 range) but I'm not ruling out the prospect of this growing to a genuine 5
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Album Rating: 3.5
the main piano riff in nobody else will be there reminds me of the one in survival of the fittest by mobb deep
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
Why so few 2017 albums Dylan? Not much caught your interest this year? There have been a ton of big releases.
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Album Rating: 4.4 | Sound Off
Ulver, Fleet Foxes, Slowdive, and Planetarium are my favs after this, To The Bone, and Brand New.
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Album Rating: 3.5
turtleneck would be a lot better if he went all out screaming like he did on available and abel (feels like it is just waiting to be unleashed like that, but it never happens)
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Album Rating: 3.5
The production on this is excellent.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Matt definitely needs to come unhinged more. Like i saw them play Graceless on the Colbert Report, and on the last part where he repeats the "grace, put the flowers you find in a vase" line, he started shouting and it was better than the record version. I feel like he plays it too safe.
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
Even listening to their live broadcast last night he was more unhinged on some of the songs from this.
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Album Rating: 3.5
drumming in i'll still destroy you is amazing
glad they're utilizing bryan's talents more on here, was one of the things lacking on TWFM and to a lesser extent HV
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
Bryan's drumming will never be as great as it was on Boxer though. My God what a classic drumming album that is.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Boney I'm just super lazy when it comes to checking new music, this point last year I wasn't much farther ahead - wasn't until December that I decided to play catch-up and my number of albums heard from the year ballooned from the single digits to around 30
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