Album Rating: 5.0

I'm reading that to the tune of the radio that plays before the theme song in Hey Arnold

this is p good but has a higher proportion of 'less than great' songs than usual

band is starting to run out of ideas

just adding more bleeps and bloops is not an acceptable substitute for good writing

Album Rating: 4.0

Empire Line is straight up boring, and Born to Beg, I'll Still Destroy You, and Guilty Party are good but are lower caliber tracks imo.

Album Rating: 4.0

a lot of this honestly reminds me of arab strap, just less depressive and decadent

I'll Still Destroy You took the longest to click for me, but I'm loving it now. And Guilty Party is exquisite, it burns slow like Runaway but with even more of an undercurrent

Album Rating: 4.5

'Higher proportion of 'less than great' songs'



All their albums have two or three 'lesser' songs for me, 'Alligator' maybe has five, 'Sad Songs' maybe six, and the debut maybe twelve :D



I doubt this has more than two or three of them so I'm thinking it's on the same sort of level as the last three albums. At least for me.

First time I agree with Doof.

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This is their best by a long stretch, I think.

Album Rating: 4.0

Empire Line is beautiful, the last couple of minutes especially (the "I want everything" bridge). I also love the piano that plays during the chorus. Very simple but classy.

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Get this back to 4.2, for fucks sake.

Album Rating: 4.0

Ha, it was actually my rating that dropped the average

Album Rating: 4.5

eh who cares about averages anyway



killer album

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I just hope that everyone who gives a low rating will keep listening and reevaluate months from now - there are songs on their old albums that took me years to fully appreciate and this will likely be no different.

Album Rating: 4.5

I already love this to pieces but it's growing with every listen. Every National album takes at least 10 listens to fully digest.

Album Rating: 4.0

I cannot explain it aaaaaah

Any other any other waaaay

Album Rating: 4.0

What album should I check first to get into this band?

Album Rating: 5.0

For me it was High Violet that got me into the band (although 'Apartment Story' from Boxer was the first song I heard by them, which led me to purchase HV)

Album Rating: 4.5

Boxeer for me, but it took like six months until I started to really get it.

Album Rating: 5.0

I'm struggling with this album's lack of immediacy, but I can tell there's a lot of beautiful things stirring beneath the surface here that I just need more time to appreciate. Early indication (for me, personally) is this is a small step down from Alligator, HV, and TWFM, but still beautiful. I never really liked Boxer so this should top that and all their pre-Boxer material.

"I'm struggling with this album's lack of immediacy, but I can tell there's a lot of beautiful things stirring beneath the surface here that I just need more time to appreciate."

Yeah, pretty much my thoughts Sowing.