Ive been recommended and been meaning to check them out for a while now. A band i could see myself liking but havnt been bothered to purchase anything of.
I downloaded Boxer this morning and just listened to it and i think its excellent.
Where next??
Thnx.
they're the american editors
so try editors?
LOL
im well aware of Editors
First album was ok but have lost their credibility somewhat since.
Im pretty sure The National have been around alot longer though.
the national are an editors rip off
ps, sorry for being annoying
joy division were an editors rip off
:D
Alligator
is much better
*nods
Secret meeting is a classic album of theirs.
good. go.
*classic track of that album
alligator
is the only response
Actually,
I would spend at least another year with Boxer on heavy rotation! Alligator is not better, Boxer is more cohesive and really gets under your skin... listening to it once and moving on to their other shizzle straight away is pretty much useless
agree that boxer is better/more cohesive
but still get alligator.
Fair enough :)
That'll take you two years then
Cherry Tree ep
is the best that they've done, although nobody seems to agree. But that just makes me love it more.
Cherry Tree ep
if frickin awesome... About Today, Cherry Tree and that awesome live version of Murder Me Rachael. Yes yes, I do love it. But choosing between their back catalogue is like choosing between my children! Sad songs for Dirty Lovers is also fantasic.
The Virgina EP is great,
comes with a DVD about the making of Boxer too.
Buy Alligator, its up there with boxer.
How can anyone call The National the american Editors, when they have been around much longer.
All of them Joy Division in disguise.
Re: The American Editors
I think this is a comment Lauren Laverne made on the Glastonbury coverage.
the national
are an editors, joy division and interpol rip-off band.
oh i cant wait for the day when i have enough money to BUY albums again.
But thanks for the tips.
i realise you're
probably taking the piss, but its worth noting for the unaware that the first national album came out a year before Interpols' Turn On The Bright Lights and long before Editors even existed.
and that they sound nothing like joy division.
Neither do Editors or Interpol
but that hasn't stopped thousands of lazy critics...
BUT
the National stuff that you could say sounds like Interpol came out after Turn On The Bright Lights. Personally, i don't think there's much similarity but there is a bit in Friend of Mine that sounds so much like Interpol it would make Tom Smith baulk.
I
was taking the piss, yes.
Listen to Boxer more first
as somebody said up there it will take more than one listen before you realise just how good it really is. Then get Alligator which I think is better than Boxer (and nearly all other albums actually). The Cherry Tree EP is well worth getting as well. Pre-Cherry Tree, I only own Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers which is OK, worth owning just for 90 Mile Waterwall and Available.
^this
Alligator is just amazing.
alligator is 100 times better
I was actually very disappointed by Boxer. I'm sure it's actually quite good, but every time I listen to it I only get about halfway through as it just isn't as good. I might try again now.
download everything!
i fell in love with the national
editors?? what?
how can the national be described as an editors/ interpol/ joy division rip off band?? they have been around far longer than editors. the only similarity between the national and all these bands is the fact that they are all led by singers who have deep voices. anyone that says otherwise hasn't listened to them properly.
the national are full of subtleties and repeated listens are rewarded. boxer is u truly unbelievable, alligator is great but perhaps not as complete an album as boxer. it is however the obvious step after boxer.
i own everything they have ever done, some of the other highlights include
about today (live) on virginia ep
slipping husband on sad songs
mansion on the hill (bruce springsteen cover)
lucky you on sad songs
santa clara on liberation cd
^ har har har
okay
It was
a fucking joke. jeeeeeez.
yeah i like the national
i like that one that goes "ALL SPARKS WILL BURN OUT" and "RADIO! LIVE TRANSMISSION!"
I thought "the American Elbow"
was a better shorthand comparison...
I don't understand how people can care so much about a band
which is so... insipid.
don't let the humourless hear you say that