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porcupinetheater
December 16th 2020


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Lol, could stand to do with Lessissey tbh

Pheromone
December 16th 2020


21850 Comments


let's play a game! i will give you a name of a song and you have to guess whether it is or is not from the new morissey album.

Darling, I Hug A Pillow

porcupinetheater
December 16th 2020


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Trick question, that's the name of the compilation record



Animorrissey

Pheromone
December 16th 2020


21850 Comments


oh god, I feel like im swimming in a morrisea

porcupinetheater
December 16th 2020


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Brb, gonna go listen to the most worthwhile thing Morrissey's ever been a part of, The Mountain Goats' Anti-Music Song

Pheromone
December 16th 2020


21850 Comments


between that and JPEGMafia's I Cannot Fucking Wait Until Morrissey Dies

porcupinetheater
December 16th 2020


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Oop, you're totally right, I completely forgot to up and pay homage at the temple of the GOAT



Morr.i.(p).ssey

Demon of the Fall
February 28th 2021


39143 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

When did this become my fave Natty album? The sneakiest of sneaky growers. It was actually beyond my comprehension that anyone had this as their peak. Now I’m there, I think.

I heard a lot of subtle details in the instrumentation this time around, some of which I knew existed from the beginning, but the importance of these artistic flourishes has magnified significantly in more recent times.

Not sure I’ve ever heard this with my most recent pair of headphones actually, got to say they were probably worth buying just for this album.

benkim
February 28th 2021


4813 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This IS definitely their peak. Their darkest release has a lot of their best songs and it is a 10/5 all through without a single weak song. Funny enough 2 of the songs most people usually cite as some of their worst in their discography (Little Faith, Afraid of Everyone) are in my top 5 National songs list.

Demon of the Fall
February 28th 2021


39143 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I love both of the songs (now). I feel Lemonworld is marginally over-appreciated and Runaway is the dark horse that no-one seems to place in the upper-echelons of Natty’s discog. At this point it’s like arguing semantics because this album is so ludicrously consistent, I’ll probably just award it ‘best indie album ever‘ and be done with it.

ItsTheSquirrel
February 28th 2021


889 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

People hate on Little Faith??? It's probably the best song the band has ever done

porcupinetheater
February 28th 2021


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Edit I didn't look at the album I thought this was Trouble will find me. Comment redacted.

tectactoe
March 1st 2021


9228 Comments


Afraid of Everyone is peak. Little Faith is on the weaker side of HIGH VIOLET imo, but is far from one of the weakest tracks they’ve done. That’s a pretty miserable take, tbh.

JohnnyoftheWell
March 1st 2021


64287 Comments


Weakest song is Vanderlyle by a decent margin tbh, everything else carries its weight (although I'd never jam Runaway outside of sequencing)

dedex
Emeritus
March 1st 2021


13008 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

The sneakiest of sneaky growers [2]



also yeah Vanderlyle is the track I like the least here

Demon of the Fall
March 1st 2021


39143 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

England is my least fave, probably. Idk if that’s a hot-take.

Artuma
March 1st 2021


32828 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

i don't think it's that hot of a take but i love england



also great dig

theBoneyKing
March 1st 2021


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Having a least favorite song here at all is a hot take :-P

JohnnyoftheWell
March 1st 2021


64287 Comments


England is one of the best here and would have been a perfect closer. Opening minute or so is peak National

tectactoe
March 1st 2021


9228 Comments


Least fave is probably Anyone’s Ghost, honestly. Or Runaway. But I fuck with them both so 🤷🏼‍♂️



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