Album Rating: 5.0

it's dope



still doesn't touch anything on Alligator tho

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Arent they due for a new album?

Album Rating: 3.5

This album is a Radiohead-like departure from being an awesome band to becoming "artists" and boring me

Album Rating: 4.5

"still doesn't touch anything on Alligator tho"



Slipping Husband is better than at least half of Alligator.

Album Rating: 5.0

waaaaat how. idk i mean they do have pretty different sounds i guess. i can see how you'd go for that lush brightness of Slipping Husband



"from being an awesome band to becoming "artists" and boring me"



they got a little more elegant and grandiose, yeah. but not boring

Album Rating: 3.5

no, not boring



but it's like a singular aesthetic rather than an album constructed of songs



I personally just don't find it as engaging but I know how loved they are soooo

Album Rating: 5.0

nah, you're right there. it's so beautiful tho. and the songs are still pretty distinct despite such a singular aesthetic. Terrible Love crashes, Sorrow wallows, Little Faith explodes, Bloodbuzz swells, etc.

Album Rating: 5.0

of course that might just be me associating random words with my personal memories of the songs lool



hey the lyrics are still brilliant tho

Album Rating: 5.0

"Arent they due for a new album?"



Yeah last i heard they have a few songs done, they all have working titles named after the cities they wrote em in or something haha save for "Checking Out," which i've only heard a live version of, but it was sweet

Album Rating: 3.5

the word-play is probably my favorite aspect of The National



...it gets buried under the weight of these layered arrangements in the newer material imo



not like it isn't audible, just that it supports the aethetic rather than being a unique feature

Album Rating: 5.0

you definitely got a point there. idk if we'll ever hear another Abel, All the Wine, or Mr. November. or Apartment Story, even

alligator is legit their best not a debate

Album Rating: 5.0

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Album Rating: 3.5

I know it will always be my favorite, lotta people say this is the best though. More power to em I just don't see it.

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm not seeing it either. This is my least fav of their last four

Lemonworld omgoodness

Album Rating: 5.0

Likewise I don't see how Alligator is better than this. Boxer maybe, but this is solidly my favorite National album.

its miles better

Album Rating: 5.0

Alligator is legit their third best not a debate



ftfy

Album Rating: 5.0

Honestly TWFM has recently bumped Alligator down to my fourth favorite.