Album Rating: 4.5
Brainy & Slow Show are still major draws (why does the word “highlights” feel so inaccurate), but I think Guest Room may be a new contender. Struck me as the biggest mover on my revisit
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Album Rating: 4.0
Guest Room has always been a standout for me
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Album Rating: 4.5
I think one track I’ve never thought of as top tier (despite gradual shifts elsewhere) is Apartment Story. Racing might be trending downwards too
Mistaken For Strangers is a bop of an anthemic stand-alone cut, but does feel cumbersome in the track-listing. Fake Empire & Brainy didn’t need it! Very minor gripes.
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Album Rating: 4.0
nah Apartment Story is one of their best songs. Mistaken for Strangers is not a highlight though I agree
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Album Rating: 5.0
Apartment Story always seemed like a poor man's Guest Room to me, even though I like that song
Agreed that Mistaken For Strangers kinda does not really completely work in the context of the album - it's my least favourite cut
Very minor gripes [2] though
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apartment story works in this tracklist as a cosy throwback to alligator-era landfill national, but it's far from the best track
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Album Rating: 4.0
how are Guest Room and Apartment Story similar
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Album Rating: 5.0
Was Apartment Story the first instance of Devendorf falling back on his default generic kick-kick-snare-snare beat? Because I’ve got such a bone to pick with him over that.
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Album Rating: 5.0
@Colton they're both relatively upbeat tracks with prominent drums
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Album Rating: 4.0
hmm I don’t really see Guest Room as upbeat but I guess they have some rhythmic similarities. pretty distinct from one another though imo
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Album Rating: 4.0
Guest Room reminds me more of Day I Die if anything
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Album Rating: 5.0
"alligator-era landfill national" exCUSE ME JOHNNY
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Album Rating: 4.5
has devendorf ever hit a crash cymbal in one of their songs?
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Album Rating: 4.5
I had completely forgotten about my takes ^ there so rather than declaring the same thing again, a (2) will do, lol
Only major change relates to Squalor Victoria. It’s trending downwards to the point of being bottom 3 (with Apartment Story & Racing Like A Pro… possibly even being dead last). It just feels a bit erm nondescript (even for Natty lol) and I don’t like the lead up and delivery of the track name, almost feels shoehorned on.
Guest Room continues to grow. Easy top tier now.
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Album Rating: 4.5
What an album. What a band.
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"Guest Room has always been a standout for me"
Best National song ever, fight me.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Guest Room is in my top 5 National songs, maybe top 3
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Album Rating: 4.5
look, I know the album is called ‘Boxer’ but why would you have to fight anyone over such an agreeable take (also kinda amused at the thought of a Natty fan akshually fighting someone irl, myself included).
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Album Rating: 4.5
Slow Show used to be my fave, but it’s defo Brainy now. Guest Room might be 2nd. Green Gloves is up there (3rd / 4th with Slow?). Fake Empire still strong. Gospel is rather strong too. Mistaken for Strangers is a banger of a single (kinda reminds me of why I stopped listening to Antics era Interpol tbh) but as discussed above, it kinda ruins the flow somewhat.
I’m defo gonna re-rank Natty for the millionth time but this could go either way, possibly marginally down. HV was threatening to overtake it once & TWFM is the dark horse.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Said it before and I’ll say it again: I would rather die than rank this band’s albums or songs. That being said, Slow Show, Guest Room, and Apartment Story are 3 of my fav natty songs of all time
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