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On 1/15/2023 at 9:43 AM, mdmost said:

The National are teasing something new for this year. They released a teaser video with snippets of two songs on Friday imbedded over an image that hinted at song titles and collaborators. Not sure of the date but probably Spring.

4/28 release. New tune "Tropic Morning News" out today on your favorite streaming services -- and I like it a lot on first spin.

Tickets for world/NA tour go on sale next Wednesday. No Texas dates as yet.

 

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sorta meh on first listen. its pretty tepid IMO. pretty sure he's still off the drink but i like dark, mopey Matt more. and my favorite part of the national, it being the drums, are definitely not a feature of that first track. I'm sure it'll grow on me, but then i did love the last album too.

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ryuchi sakamoto - 12

john cale - mercy (tomorrow)

rerelease of mogwai young team (february)

m83 - fantasy (march)

lana del ray - did you know there's a tunnel under ocean blvd (march)

everything but the girl, smashing pumpkins, and the national all have april albums.

eluvium releasing something new in may.

peter gabriel has promised that i/o will release some time this year.

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I was trying to remember what the last The National album was - it was the one with all the female vocalists. It was fine but didn't really seem like the same band. I don't think I listened through it more than a couple times.

They're never going to be what they were from 2007-2013 and that's okay. They'll definitely need to reearn my interest though and that single isn't doing much for me. I'm sure I'll listen to the new album but I don't expect a whole lot from them anymore. 

Their real fuck up was Trouble Will Find Me being too good to ever follow. 

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Yeah Rylan was pretty great off of I Am Easy To Find. I liked the album. It was a departure but they had a whole theme going with it and the featured female artists. I saw speculation that Weird Goodbyes not being on the album is because we're probably getting a 2nd album of B-side material later in the year. There was a blurb on their website about Weird Goodbyes only being a digital release for now as it will have a future home on a physical medium later. 

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On 1/20/2023 at 1:06 PM, ztejas said:

I was trying to remember what the last The National album was - it was the one with all the female vocalists. It was fine but didn't really seem like the same band. I don't think I listened through it more than a couple times.

They're never going to be what they were from 2007-2013 and that's okay. They'll definitely need to reearn my interest though and that single isn't doing much for me. I'm sure I'll listen to the new album but I don't expect a whole lot from them anymore. 

Their real fuck up was Trouble Will Find Me being too good to ever follow. 

I've listened to every National album dozens of times. I listened to that last one once. Just didn't do it for me at all. 

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On 1/22/2023 at 11:30 AM, Red Five said:

I've listened to every National album dozens of times. I listened to that last one once. Just didn't do it for me at all. 

wow - that is certainly a take.  trouble will find me is excellent.  i'd agree that it was their last great record, though i have liked the last two plenty.

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On 1/22/2023 at 10:30 AM, Red Five said:

I've listened to every National album dozens of times. I listened to that last one once. Just didn't do it for me at all. 

I am Easy to Find was their worst effort collectively, but Light Years is one of the best songs they have produced.

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On 1/18/2023 at 3:39 PM, C-Man said:

4/28 release. New tune "Tropic Morning News" out today on your favorite streaming services -- and I like it a lot on first spin.

Tickets for world/NA tour go on sale next Wednesday. No Texas dates as yet.

 

the more i listen to this song the more i absolutely fucking love it.

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On 2/27/2023 at 9:51 PM, MoJames said:

I am Easy to Find was their worst effort collectively, but Light Years is one of the best songs they have produced.

As mentioned above, I think Rylan is a wonderful song. I also like Not in Kansas and Light Years quite a bit. You Had Your Soul With You is pretty good too.

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Saw The New Pornographers (Neko Case, AC Newman plus others) last night with my pops. Really solid group and their latest album from a few weeks ago is especially good. A couple I like:

 

 

 

 

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There is not enough Bryan Devendorf on this album for my taste. And I hate when artists drip-feed singles months before the album release; it ruins the anticipation and excitement of hearing the songs in context. I think the best songs were the ones already released, kind of like seeing the best parts of a movie in the preview. 

There aren't enough percussions-driven bangers on this album, fine. But the lyrics get a bit schmaltzy on the slow jams and the melodies are a bit trite on the uptempo jams. I like it because Matt makes everything sound pretty good for the most part and its The National. It'll take me a while to love this album i think, once i'm able to align the prereleases back into the album and hear them in the context the band/producer wanted them, but right now its on the lower end of favorite TN albums.

 

How I'd rank the tracks:

1. Tropic Morning News

2. New Order T-shirt

3. Eucalyptus (best drums)

4. This isn't Helping

5. Grease in Your Hair

6. Once Upon a Poolside

7. Send for Me

8. Ice Machines

9. Your Mind is Not Your Friend

10. The Alcott (really wanted more from this one)

11. Alien

 

 * I reserve the right to change my mind after seeing this album live. Can't wait.

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About halfway through. I like this much, much better than their last one. They sound like The National again.

@Bottlecap I really hadn't listened to the singles much - I think I listened to one or two of them a couple times. Maybe that helps. 

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On 4/28/2023 at 1:43 PM, Bottlecap said:

There aren't enough percussions-driven bangers on this album, fine. But the lyrics get a bit schmaltzy on the slow jams and the melodies are a bit trite on the uptempo jams. I like it because Matt makes everything sound pretty good for the most part and its The National. It'll take me a while to love this album i think, once i'm able to align the prereleases back into the album and hear them in the context the band/producer wanted them, but right now its on the lower end of favorite TN albums.

I labored through this, and skipped forward through some of the songs. They have turned into a band I just don't care to listen to, sadly.

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I like the new National but they really need to bring the drums back. There's a live recording of a show they did the whole album front to back coming out this Wednesday. It will be interesting to hear the live versions which should have more life to them. 

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I know this isn't a big hip-hop thread but this album is fucking amazing and transcends genre. I'm trying to think the last time I heard a rap album this impressive. 

Instant classic. Chappelle does the intro on the third track. CeeLo to kick it off. Crazy feature list - Andre 3k halfway through. 

Even if you are very picky/choosy when it comes to hip-hop I might check this one out. 

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