Friday, February 22, 2019

The National: Trouble Will Find Me (2013)


They can all
Just kiss off into the air
They can all
Just kiss off into the air

No, this is not a Violent Femmes record.

It's relieving to bring home a new record from a favourite band and find out that they didn't screw it up. This is a brilliant record. Predictably, Allmusic awards it 3.5 stars.
However, it's that very familiarity that fuels the ire of many of the band's detractors, especially those who consider them to be a slightly creepier, American Coldplay, and while there is definitely an intangible, Mad Men-esque sense of unease that permeates Trouble Will Find Me, one could hardly use the words dangerous or forward-thinking when dissecting its myriad parts. [source]
I am angry that anyone could compare this band to Coldplay. That is based in unprecedented musical ignorance.

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