The National

[Gucci Piggy]

4 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

The National haven't released an aoty ever.

You must have slept through 2017.

2 minutes ago, MattDavies__ said:

Yeah, shame they decided to put this one out the same year as Everything Now tbh 

Careful now.

[dentalplan]

42 minutes ago, nikkic said:

Expect loads of #ladsladslads at their gigs from now on, all looking confused when England drops. 

What do you mean? That'll get the biggest reaction of the night. I'll be there chanting along with a St. George's Cross painted on my mug.

[Diva Sam]

Worldwide number 1.

[Badlands]

As expected - it's a slow burner for me, though I fully expect it to be my album of the year for 2021.Carin sticks out a fair bit at the moment though.

 

[Zoo Music Girl]

Held off listening to leaks and that, Glastonbury aside, as I like to listen to the whole thing proper once it arrives.

Well, it's good, isn't it? Definitely like the new direction and some of the songs are achingly beautiful.

That said, their new albums are usually growers for me so I hope to - and expect to - like it more. It's probably number five in my current album list by a comfortable way. Really not keen on Turtle Neck and there's a couple of others that just don't grab me. Yet. 

Standouts are the singles and Guilty Party. And I like the closer too.

I look forward to seeing it live again with a bit more familiarity, but yeah, can't say I'm as giddy as you guys. I think The National have peaked for me. Comparing it to Skeleton Tree in terms of a favourite band's recent offering, well, there just is no comparison for me.

 

 

Edited September 14, 2017 by Zoo Music Girl

[Gucci Piggy]

2 hours ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Standouts are the singles and Guilty Party. And I like the closer too.

Guilty Party was tbe second single, no?

2 hours ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Comparing it to Skeleton Tree in terms of a favourite band's recent offering, well, there just is no comparison for me.

Aoty 2016 and aoty 2017

[Zoo Music Girl]

9 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

Guilty Party was tbe second single, no?

Aoty 2016 and aoty 2017

Oh my bad. I don't really follow singles these days!

[Amy Lawn]

7 hours ago, dentalplan said:

The National are the new Radiohead aren't they?

fuck off m80

[dentalplan]

1 hour ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

fuck off m80

Have you tried listening to the combined playlist of Boxer and Trouble Will Find Me?

Edited September 14, 2017 by dentalplan

[Amy Lawn]

2 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Have you tried listening to the combined playlist of Boxer and Trouble Will Find Me?

UNLIKE Videohead Killed the Radio Star, The Nationals make songs, instead of just going down the asylum for lunatic robots with a tape recorder.

[dj_tim]

I love this album. I listened to the vinyl leak and before that I listened to youtube rips of live versions of most of the songs for over a year, so maybe it's already got past its "grower" stage for me because I loved it on first listen and every listen since. I can't name which tracks are my favourites because it's basically all of them, even Turtleneck. The weakest imo are Born To Beg (nice but doesn't really go anywhere) and, perhaps controversially, TSODITD (maybe I overplayed it but I wasn't that into it at first either).

It's a 10/10 from me.

For reference:
Trouble Will Find Me 10/10
High Violet 10/10
Boxer 10/10
Alligator 10/10
Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers 7/10
The National 5/10

Edited September 14, 2017 by dj_tim

[dentalplan]

7. The National

[Hutchmaster]

23 minutes ago, dj_tim said:

I love this album. I listened to the vinyl leak and before that I listened to youtube rips of live versions of most of the songs for over a year, so maybe it's already got past its "grower" stage for me because I loved it on first listen and every listen since. I can't name which tracks are my favourites because it's basically all of them, even Turtleneck. The weakest imo are Born To Beg (nice but doesn't really go anywhere) and, perhaps controversially, TSODITD (maybe I overplayed it but I wasn't that into it at first either).

It's a 10/10 from me.

For reference:
Trouble Will Find Me 10/10
High Violet 10/10
Boxer 10/10
Alligator 10/10
Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers 7/10
The National 5/10

Don't forget Cherry Tree EP,  also a 10/10!

[dirty_dog]

I can remember years ago NME staff where asked to pick their top 10 albums all time and this girl knows

 

 

[fightoffyour]

It just gets better and better. A real grower again, even if it has more immediate appeal than some of their other albums. Hard to say where this will end up in their rankings but maybe even above TWFM

[ghostdancer1]

Turtleneck is still dreadful.

 

[Zoo Music Girl]

Just now, ghostdancer1 said:

Turtleneck is still dreadful.

 

Yeah, I'm not convinced at all by that one. I think it's a misstep. 

[jyoung]

2 hours ago, dirty_dog said:

I can remember years ago NME staff where asked to pick their top 10 albums all time and this girl knows

 

 

I remember this, excellent stuff! NME called 'Guilty Party' a dud in their review this time round though, shocking!

[nikkic]

Thought I'd revisit Sampha again after his win last night. 2 songs in and I switched over to Sleep Well Beast. I love Samphas album but I just can't get enough of SWB at the mo.

The opening 4 tracks is possibly the best they have on any album, although Boxer may just be better, it's very close though. 

[Bradders]

I'm surprised Guilty Party hasn't been hailed more as one of the best things they've ever done. That into Carin is the highlight of the album.

[jyoung]

19 minutes ago, Bradders said:

I'm surprised Guilty Party hasn't been hailed more as one of the best things they've ever done. That into Carin is the highlight of the album.

Yeah it's a masterpiece as far as I'm concerned.

[kingcrawler]

Guilty Party's actually one of my least favourites on the album, I still like it but the albums just so strong.

[jyoung]

http://www.nme.com/news/music/national-already-another-album-new-material-written-2141182

[dentalplan]

The National's Amnesiac?

[dirty_dog]

am I the only one that likes Turtleneck ??