Album Rating: 3.5

im here to defend empire line

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Brushed I mean that you should avoid getting memed like you did with "fuck it it's a 5"

Album Rating: 3.0

Empire line for most forgettable national song

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

That was like a second thought. Not to be taken the way it was. But yeah Science Fiction was an album for the ages. I think it’s better but this and Slowdive are still my 5’s for the year.

Album Rating: 3.5

gyro follow the drums my dude

Album Rating: 3.0

Omg you're right. This is awesome

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Empire line for most forgettable national song

Album Rating: 3.0

Yeah I can't remember like half of the songs on the debut

Beautiful Head is awesome though

Album Rating: 3.0

Yeah but we don't speak of their debut lol

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

This album is so great, Im so freakin glad they started experimenting more



As much as I love TWFM, I was worried they would just keep doing super slow piano ballads over and over

Album Rating: 4.5

Mornings are so much sweeter now the album of the year has dropped

Album Rating: 4.0

"As much as I love TWFM, I was worried they would just keep doing super slow piano ballads over and over"



and they didnt do that on here?...theyve got piano ballads out the ass.

Album Rating: 4.5

There are three or four piano ballads here, I was thinking that too

Album Rating: 3.0

at the end of the day it's a pretty nice album, nothing new for the national, and it doesn't need to be

eventually it might be cool for them to stretch their actual songwriting towards something experimental but if that never happens, the discog is already pretty wonderful

Album Rating: 4.0

And TWFM had 3 "super slow piano ballads" as well. 4 if you count Slipped, the guitar is very up front.

Album Rating: 4.5

The title track and Walk it Back are pretty different for the band, how experimental can they go?



Approximate the sound of Cradle of Filth circa 1995? C'mon people

Album Rating: 4.5

I think the EL VY album showed there's only so chipper and funky Matt can convincingly stray towards. Not sure how they could majorly shake up the song writing and still play to Berninger's strengths.



Most likely if you asked for a whole album of change you'd end up with twelve 'Turtlehead's in a row

yeah how experimental do you want them to get? this is practically kid a

Album Rating: 4.0

They definitely havent done anything like Turtleneck before.

Album Rating: 4.0

Is the Kid A comparison already a meme?