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| MusicEmissions.com |
 The National reached a much larger audience than they were used to with their critically acclaimed Alligator. All eyes were on them for the follow-up, could they better that amazing album? I am going out on a limb to say yes, The guys in National have made their career topping album with Boxer. It takes a couple listens for one to realize but after that there is no denying it's charm. If you could fuse Interpol (coincidentally produced by Peter Katis who also did Interpol and Spoon) onto the Shins you might end up with something resembling The National....full text |
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| Slant Magazine |
| Aside from a few lame stabs at slow-core, The National's Alligator is a brash and explosive record with a cool, cynical center courtesy of the nonchalant bad-assness of frontman Matt Berninger, who drops elegantly nonsensical couplets like "I'm a birthday candle/In a circle of black girls" with a Tom Waits-esque grunt. Alligator hearkened back to a time of innocence—days when indie-rock actually rocked, college radio ruled airwaves, and no one knew what a podcast was, days when The Replacements and Husker Du made room for whippersnappers like Superchunk and Archers Of Loaf. ...full text |
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| MusicOMH.com |
| A while ago I wrote a review of The National at the 100 Club, and confessed that their last song of the night left me in tears. It was the climax of an emotionally draining set. By the time I listened to Gospel, the final track on the band's new album Boxer, I found the salt pricking my eyes again....full text |
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