The National - Trouble Will Find Me

For sure, cover reminds me of:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/A_Rush_of_Blood_to_the_Head.jpg/220px-A_Rush_of_Blood_to_the_Head.jpg

well it's someone trapped in a mirror which to be fair is what most national songs are about

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"i need my girl" is devastating

that arpeggio?

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idk feel like a lot of national songs are like a fall of details + feeling extremely lost in self-reflection

im goin thru the glass again/come and find me
god loves everybody/don't remind me

yeah it's one of their catchiest little guitar riffs in a minute, al

on a scale of one to ten how depressing is this?

Brad Nelso otm

Brad Nelso

this is your new name

easier to type

when i walk into a room
i do not light it up.

fuck.

remember when you lost your shit and drove the car into the garden?
you got out and said “i’m sorry” to the vines and no one saw it.

yeah this album is a return to a heavier focus on lyrics (verses at least) compared to HOOKS ONLY m.o. of high violet

that might explain my reluctance

it's okay to be sad, alfred

don't turn into the lex on me here.

I'd trim this a bit - "Don't Swallow the Cap," "Humiliation" and "Slipped" don't add much, at least based on the first few listens.

ahhh i really like humilation and slipped

yeah this album is a return to a heavier focus on lyrics (verses at least) compared to HOOKS ONLY m.o. of high violet

― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Friday, May 10, 2013 3:54 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

feel like HV had barely any hooks :/

Hmmm... Listened to the new one seven times now... And even though I really love it's mood, I somehow do miss the immediacy and, indeed, the "hooks", of High Violet.

I love the singular mood on the new record, as it is very focused on a particular sadness/subdued vibe. But I just switched to High Violet and noticed I do relish the "urgency" on that record, that seems to be lacking on the new album.

Something about the track order that does not really appeals to me on the new one. It is quite bland? I still stand by my earlier remarks, that I love the focus on the new one. But after playing it seven times, the switch to High Violet seems like a pretty big step backwards? I miss the dynamics, most of all.

I will have to hold out on a definitive judgement...

There seem to be no standouts on this new album. I have songs I prefer, but there aren't any 'Sorrows''s, 'Lemonworld's' or 'Englands''s...

Conflicted.

i really love sad music, might be my favorite type of music. the Cure being my number one and the Boo Radleys being my number two. after reading this thread i'm really, really looking forward to hearing this new album. not even going to listen to this leak and will buy it. nice, coming in out in just over a week.

That's a great top two bands Bee!

Does someone not like England?! Wow.

thanks Kitchen Person.

cover of this album has that "by virtue of the hype and the market this record should be a Big Record with a Big Concept but we don't know what it is so we're just going to give you this kind of bombastic minimalist cover image to ponder" thing

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, May 10, 2013 11:11 AM (4 days ago)

Good thread idea.

http://thatdoesntsoundright.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/591px-the_mars_volta-de_loused_in_the_comatorium-2003-cover.jpeg

^right

yeah all those hypgnosis (sp?) covers are definitely the major source point for this

u2 and coldplay are basically the paragons of this, since their lyrics being mostly meaningless bombast is at the heart of both of their aesthetics

but yeah new thread i think

I don't like "England," either.

I think I like my 10-track reshuffled edit of this new one quite a bit, though I do think next time around they might consider bringing in an outside producer to mess with their sound a bit.

I never made one, did you? Xpost

and if you want to see me cry then let it be or nevermind

Pink Rabbits is my favorite. Slays me.

You didn't see me I was falling apart
I was a white girl in a crowd of white girls in the park
You didn't see me I was falling apart
I was a television version of a person with a broken heart

Loving this album more with every spin. It's so harmonious and singular in the feeling it wants to channel.

Only 'Heavenfaced', the sixth song, I just cannot listen to, because of my allergy to all things U2, and it really comes too close to being U2. Other than that, fantastic album.

Pink Rabbits: Morrissey reference alert ("Bona Drag was still on")

hahaha, they posted a link to Target on their Facebook, who will have it on sale for $8.99 tomorrow. Reminds me of back in the 90s when Best Buy started carry 4AD CDs for crazy loss leader prices and I bought just about everything available.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18030-the-national-trouble-will-find-me/

Is the lack of discussion about this new release in any way a passive aggressive kinda thing??

There's a new National album !?!

"This Is The Last Time" is the first track to really get my attention. Though I still like everything else so far...

alfred's review of this in spin is totally otm

Kudos for linking this band to the John Cale of Paris 1919. There's something to that, whether or not it is actually there.

"don't swallow the cap" is an early standout

Some words here - http://sickmouthy.com/2013/05/26/albums-from-may-part-1/

Good read, Nick. I like the idea of Jim O'Rourke behind the mixing table on this one. I really, really enjoy this National album, they are so good at what they do. But now you spoiled it all by presenting me with what could have been ;)

Nah, I do think O'Rourke in particular could have helped them to be more 'sparse' at times, which makes you listen more closely, with even more attention.

this bands shite

Listened to the boxer on repeat in the cleanroom today. That album is still the best. High violet is ok but the first track sounds terrible, and I don't understand. Excited to hear new one if spotify ever gets it.