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I miss the fuller drums from Boxer too, but I don't know if they would fit any of the songs on this album.
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Story on Grantland about the band and the album: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9273624/an-afternoon-national-eve-release-their-album-trouble-find-me Takeaways: -There was less acrimony putting this record together than there was with HV -"Humiliation" was originally titled "Tunnel Vision" but was changed after Justin Timberlake's 20/20 had a song with that title on it. -It sure doesn't sound like they're slowing down anytime soon.
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Oxxidation posted:Though it's got some stiff competition regardless. One thing the band's kept consistent is excellent album openers and closers. I've always been a fan of Lucky You, personally, especially when the bridge kicks in: Lucky You is another one of my favorites. Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers is like a compilation of perfect breakup songs.
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ThatsMyBoye posted:Story on Grantland about the band and the album: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9273624/an-afternoon-national-eve-release-their-album-trouble-find-me Good article, thanks for posting. I had been listening to this album on headphones since it leaked, but it sounds so much better on speakers. The decision to leave a lot of extra space in the sound really pays off.
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So much for not slowing down soon? http://p4k.in/16qOymP
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 My local shop decided to sell the vinyl early and I snagged a copy. 180 gram pressing and it sounds god drat fantastic. I've been listening to it for the past two hours.
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SlowlyChoking posted:
Ugh- so jealous. I preordered the deluxe box, which apparently isn't shipping until June.
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It's a good album, but I definitely miss some of the anthemic buildup tracks off of Alligator and Boxer. Although Alligator was my first introduction to them back in the day and it has sort of built up an unhealthy level of expectations for me every album. It's my favorite of theirs and one of the best albums in who knows how long. I mean clearly this is the album they wanted to make and it's very very good in that regard, but sometimes I feel like the tracks are just building to something but never quite "release." The instrumentation is fantastic and has definitely grown since their inception. There's some nice piano/synth underlaid on some of the tracks. It's fantastic. Fave tracks are I Should Live in Salt, Heavenfaced, I Need My Girl, Humiliation, and Pink Rabbits. I feel like I'm able to stand back and see that it's a good album for what they wanted, but it's still number four on my list of theirs. I think if they did decide to split up though it'd be a great album to do it on.
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Calico Heart posted:
This is pretty much me since midnight. I've been listening to their back catalogue all weekend and now I am ready for the new album.
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They're going to be on Letterman tonight, and more excitingly (for me anyway) Colbert on Wednesday. I'm looking forward to the interview.
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"This is the Last Time" is such an awesome song I had to sit down and divine the chords for it. I suck at doing this but sometimes songs just hit me and I need to play them ASAP. Felt this way with a lot of songs on Born to Die, too, and ended up spending most of release night going through and figuring out songs.
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Calico Heart posted:"This is the Last Time" is such an awesome song I had to sit down and divine the chords for it. I suck at doing this but sometimes songs just hit me and I need to play them ASAP. Felt this way with a lot of songs on Born to Die, too, and ended up spending most of release night going through and figuring out songs. Yeah, on my first listen that is the first song that really grabbed me.
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iTunes just made my preorder available. Happy. 
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I really love this record. It has a really open sound with lots of cool touches. One of my favorites from them.
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ZeeBoi posted:iTunes just made my preorder available. Happy. 4AD just emailed me the album download (and everyone who bought the vinyl, I assume). The box set is shipping "tentatively mid-June." 
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Somebody let us know what they play on Letterman in 10-15 minutes; I can't pick up the local CBS station on my lovely antenna  (I'm sure it'll show up on YouTube by the AM)
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Here's them on Letterman https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=psdbvZpRUEo
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Any word on whether they'll be returning to Jools Holland to promote this album? They've been on twice before - if I recall, they played a totally bitching version of Terrible Love the last time, but I can't seem to find it anywhere
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They're playing a three-set of shows today around NYC. I was too late for the first one so I had to stand outside the bar in Brooklyn where they set up shop. They've got two more today, but one was random drawing and the other sold out in about 2 minutes. Got a picture with Matt and Bryce though so at least there's that!
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Listening to the album for the first time now. Man, I Need My Girl is my favorite so far. This song is too beautiful. edit: Oh hell, Pink Rabbits is excellent too. edit2: They played the Colbert Report last night. If anyone didn't see it, here's the full episode: http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/wed-may-22-2013-the-national Stephen interviewed Matt and then they played Graceless. Rageaholic fucked around with this message at 15:50 on May 23, 2013 |
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"I Should Live in Salt" is as good an album opener as anything they've ever done- and that's saying a lot when "Fake Empire" and "Secret Meeting" are in that group.
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Listened to the album about 3 times so far and loving it. Favourites are the opener and Pink Rabbits at the moment. It's a really great album.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:"I Should Live in Salt" is as good an album opener as anything they've ever done- and that's saying a lot when "Fake Empire" and "Secret Meeting" are in that group. Am I the only that thinks terrible love is the best opener?
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I'm so used to The National's albums having to grow on me over months I don't know how to handle the fact that I've been incredibly in love with this whole record from the instant I finished it. If the grower thing holds true, I'm on a trajectory that leads to unhealthy obsession.
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TheAbortionator posted:Am I the only that thinks terrible love is the best opener? It definitely sets the mood for the rest of the album, at least. I'm probably one of the few people who prefer the murky studio cut to the crisper live ones. My favorite opener is still Cardinal Song, though. Those lyrics are loving devastating. "Never tell the one you want that you do - save it for the deathbed, when you know you kept her wanting you."
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Oxxidation posted:My favorite opener is still Cardinal Song, though. Those lyrics are loving devastating. "Never tell the one you want that you do - save it for the deathbed, when you know you kept her wanting you." This is one of their absolute best songs. Devastating songs seem to be their forte.
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Punch Card posted:I'm so used to The National's albums having to grow on me over months I don't know how to handle the fact that I've been incredibly in love with this whole record from the instant I finished it. If the grower thing holds true, I'm on a trajectory that leads to unhealthy obsession. Totally feel this way. I saw all the stuff about how it's a grower etc and I got a bit worried, because whilst I like The National a lot, I am not their biggest fan ever(!!!). I've listened 4 or 5 times now and I think it is in my top 3 albums I've heard so far this year, behind 2 albums that I have listened to around 20 times each. Every time I listen it does get better though. I like how everything is really muted, and they don't seem to do a lot, but there is a hell of a lot going on, if that makes sense. Also I think the structure of the album itself is really good. I don't know the track names yet, because I tend to just listen to the whole thing and let it play at the moment, but some of the tracks seem perfectly paired.
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TheAbortionator posted:Am I the only that thinks terrible love is the best opener? Probably not, but I think that the alternate version of the song that was released as a 7" and as one of the bonus tracks on the expanded version of the album (tracks are on iTunes if you don't have them, they're all really good IMO) is way superior- if only because of the drumming mix. I love their last two albums but I hate the way they've pushed Bryan's drums way back in the mixing. Compare the way the drums sound on Boxer to the last 2 albums. It's a shame because his drums are one of the best things about their sound.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Probably not, but I think that the alternate version of the song that was released as a 7" and as one of the bonus tracks on the expanded version of the album (tracks are on iTunes if you don't have them, they're all really good IMO) is way superior- if only because of the drumming mix. The only thing about his drums is that it really never varied much ever which isn't really a positive thing. They're not terrible, but it always sounds the same. I'm not surprised they pushed 'em back with how overall tame the album is.
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The pushed-back drums make sense on this record, I think. There's much more of an emphasis on the vocals leading the song, as opposed to the drums. It's a nice change of pace, although I'll admit that I wish songs like "Graceless," "I Need My Girl," etc. had more of an oomph drums-wise. But I don't mind too much. I also prefer the alternate version of "Terrible Love," as others have said here.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:I love their last two albums but I hate the way they've pushed Bryan's drums way back in the mixing. Compare the way the drums sound on Boxer to the last 2 albums. It's a shame because his drums are one of the best things about their sound. I agree wholeheartedly with that last sentence, but can you imagine this album with those drums? I don't think it would work at all.
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just got back from Boston Calling. They destroyed. Such an excellent show. They opened with a song from Trouble, and then played my two favorite songs by them right in a row: Bloodbuzz Ohio and Mistaken For Strangers. I didn't think it could get any better, but they just continued to pound home excellent song after excellent song. Then they played About Today and turned it from the melancholy tune I'd always thought of it as into something raucous and amazing and energetic and fun. They did one encore, Matt Beringer climbed into the audience during Mr. November and walked around among the crowd, laughing and playing around with people. It was so drat good. (Dirty Projectors and The Walkmen were other highlights of the festival.)
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Yeah, one of the most pleasant surprises about this band was finding out how energetic and intense their live shows are. I always recommend seeing them if you have the chance.
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caldrax posted:just got back from Boston Calling. They destroyed. Such an excellent show. They opened with a song from Trouble, and then played my two favorite songs by them right in a row: Bloodbuzz Ohio and Mistaken For Strangers. I didn't think it could get any better, but they just continued to pound home excellent song after excellent song. Then they played About Today and turned it from the melancholy tune I'd always thought of it as into something raucous and amazing and energetic and fun. They did one encore, Matt Beringer climbed into the audience during Mr. November and walked around among the crowd, laughing and playing around with people. I'm so jealous of you. Caspian, one of my favorite bands, played Boston Calling as well. I'm friends with Phil (the lead guitarist) on Facebook and follow him on Instagram, and he posted some photos of them and he also said they killed it.
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caldrax posted:just got back from Boston Calling. They destroyed. Such an excellent show. They opened with a song from Trouble, and then played my two favorite songs by them right in a row: Bloodbuzz Ohio and Mistaken For Strangers. I didn't think it could get any better, but they just continued to pound home excellent song after excellent song. Then they played About Today and turned it from the melancholy tune I'd always thought of it as into something raucous and amazing and energetic and fun. They did one encore, Matt Beringer climbed into the audience during Mr. November and walked around among the crowd, laughing and playing around with people. Does Matt scream during any of the new songs?
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BonoMan posted:The only thing about his drums is that it really never varied much ever which isn't really a positive thing. They're not terrible, but it always sounds the same. I'm not surprised they pushed 'em back with how overall tame the album is. I'll agree with that. I don't think it's a bad thing, but I do feel like I've noticed several drum riffs recycled from older songs on Trouble Will Find Me. Maybe I'm just weird and obsessive since my next step after listening to any album multiple times is to start mentally dissecting the songs into their constituent parts. Starsnostars posted:Does Matt scream during any of the new songs? When I saw them at the Beacon, Matt screamed during "Squalor Victoria," of all songs. It was dope. I think they've sorta forced themselves into a position where they have to explicitly make their live cuts more energetic than the album versions- their sound's gotten a bit less raw and raucous with each subsequent album, but their increasing fame has also greatly increased the average size of the venues they regularly play. Compare their touring schedule now to the Boxer era, where they were generally playing smaller spaces and arguably the biggest tour they did was opening for REM (and they sounded horribly out of place at Madison Square Garden). From High Violet onward, all they've been doing is headlining and playing festivals. They've reached the indie rock version of "arena band" status. trilobite terror fucked around with this message at 18:05 on May 27, 2013 |
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I bought tickets to see them at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, which seems like a pretty big place for them to play. I'm super excited to see that show!
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Live versions of "Squalor Victoria" and "Apartment Story" are totally different from, and better than, the album versions. Which is saying something, as I consider Boxer an almost perfect album as it is. I got tickets to see them in September. Counting down the months...
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