The National - High Violet

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Album of the Year

[Crusader]

post links.

[borntohula]

no fucking way is it album of the year. it's good, but they're so close to being MOR. there are a lot of non-starters on this album. too many.

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SUMMER LOVING TORTURE PARTY

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just listen to this live rip from jimmy fallon,

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZbM3ghVDnM

[Computer]

Sooooo are they intentionally trying to make every song sound the exact same?

[borntohula]

haha you're not the first to think that. i think most of that can be attributed to matt berenger's vocals. they work at a certain level because his deadpan delivery can very easily skew the line between sincerity and ironic distance, but consequently they oftentimes sound just plain monotonous. i think repeated listens reveal that he's very subtle in the way that he sings, though i sure do miss the days where he would belt out a scream every now and then.

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This is Amazing....even Letterman digs it

 

 

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I hear Matt Good did a cover of Fake Empire but called the album "The Boxer" LOL n00bcakes

[Prometheon]

He did and it was alright. This album's got nothing on Alligator imo.

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check out the new one FOOL

[squall17]

wow, this album is incredible

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YESSSSSSSSS BEST SHIT EVER!!!!

[FantasticDamage]

I really liked that.

[Audio of Being]

I tried it...It is really good...yet I am unable to afford it.

[Shiri]

I only listened to it a few times so far but I don't feel it's nearly as good as Boxer or even Alligator. Kinda disappointing.