Music Nov 8, 2017 at 4:00 am

I'm the Only One of My Friends Who Likes the New National Album

To be fair, I only have two friends.

Rich Smith
The National give us the musical equivalent of reveling in anxiety-depression. Keith Klenowski
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1
fair point about consistency: every national album has had exactly one good song. this time it's the system only dreams in total darkness.
marekthegreat on November 26, 2017 at 2:56 PM Report this
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So you're missing something important. This album speaks to the 45-55+ crowd. Let us have our moment. But you're right - turtleneck is not listenable.
seattle50ish on November 27, 2017 at 4:49 PM Report this

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