Album Rating: 4.5

agreed with Adolf

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

There are very few things that amuse me in this world and Bob's Burgers is one of them. I've laughed as hard at that show as I have anything else ever.

Album Rating: 4.5

Guess I'll watch another four episodes then :D

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

For me it's not even so much the absurdist humor as the somewhat more subtle humor that comes out of getting to know the characters. Indeed, I thought it was kind of dumb at first. Not to say that if you don't like it you just don't "get it" though, fwiw I don't watch too many shows, particularly not comedies

Album Rating: 4.4 | Sound Off

Born to Beg outro is right up there with their best, like the last 20 seconds of Conversation 16

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

There's definitely a shared lineage in those outros, though I'd be lying if I didn't say I love the ending of Conversation 16 that much more.

Album Rating: 4.4 | Sound Off

Conversation 16 is just perfection from beginning to end

Dark Side of the Gym is my SOTY I think, but I don’t know why it’s titled that; they even said it’s not about a gym when I saw them live haha

Album Rating: 4.0

Album's growing on me. I'll Still Destroy You > everything

Album Rating: 4.5

The rest of the album > I'll Still Destroy You



But I'm perverse as always

The image of the “dark side of the gym” was very familiar to me right away. Like in middle school PE when we had half the gym lights off because we were only using one side of it- title could be referring to that weird asymmetry there, how half of the ‘gym’ feels unknown and foreboding because it’s not lit, and how the lit half gives you this vantage point to just stare into the unknown

Album Rating: 4.0

carrying youthful wonder in the hands of hard-earned wisdom?

Album Rating: 3.0

Dark side and I'll still destroy you are probs best. And the opener. The closer is fucking awful

@Evokaphile
Why not haha

Closer is another great National song

Album Rating: 3.0

It's a mumbling mess

Dark Side and I'll Still Destroy You are my top 2 as well holy shit we agree on something
Love the closer tho

Album Rating: 4.4 | Sound Off

Interesting analysis cylinder, I’m inclined to agree.



Dark Side and I'll Still Destroy You are my top 2 [3]



Love the closer [2] reminds me of the song Kid A

I just love how it sounds like its just tumbling forward, and that flute mm

Album Rating: 4.0

Tbh theres not a single moment on this album I dont absolutely love. Then again I can say the same thing about their last 5 albums..

@Talons yeah and just how that relates to the feeling of like, being in love with this person you haven’t talked to yet

@Evokaphile same but change 5 to 4