The National - Trouble Will Find Anthony Fantano

[cobl04]

Didn't realise until just now but Pitchfork did one of those cover stories on the band. Really good read. The National | Pitchfork

I didn't Matt was fucking 42 though! I thought they were all mid 30s.

 

[Kieran McConville]

The National are the last band who will be older than me (albeit by six/seven years).

 

[Danny Boy]

It seems that Japanese bonus track is a cover of the Perfume Genius track, Learning. Now I REALLY want to hear it.

Come on, YouTube.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I very much enjoy this album and am going to listen to it heaps.

 

[iron yuppie]

It seems that Japanese bonus track is a cover of the Perfume Genius track, Learning. Now I REALLY want to hear it.

Come on, YouTube.

Wow, me too.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Demons is basically the last two years of my college life. I wrote a similar line to "I am in love with everyone I grew up with" about a year before Matt did that I intend to still use in my recordings.

Oh, good for you.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

It seems that Japanese bonus track is a cover of the Perfume Genius track, Learning. Now I REALLY want to hear it.

Come on, YouTube.

Wow. I love Perfume Genius. Going to guess this sounds amazing.

 

[Danny Boy]

I thought about buying a copy of the Japanese CD, but with shipping it came out to $45. Not for one song.

 

[Danny Boy]

I have no idea whether this site is legit, but I just bought the bonus track here for ¥200.

[ototoy] The National - Trouble Will Find Me - 4AD / Hostess

It's 24-bit WAV.

 

[No spoken words]

You've just purchased a virus.

 

[Danny Boy]

Possibly, but I'm on a Mac so I'm not worried about it.

The song is real, at least. Nice slow piano ballad. It makes a good album closer.

 

[Danny Boy]

It seems to be fake high res. Oh well.

 

[bono_212]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo

 

[LemonMelon]

You've just purchased a virus.

This is attached to every receipt Lance's mom prints out.

 

[Jive Turkey]

This is attached to every receipt Lance's mom prints out.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I was in guns and noses.

 

[djerdap]

My National just went the fuck up once this went into high gear in the end:

The National - Humiliation (live, Freak-Out outro) - YouTube

 

[nielsgov]

Wow that was surprising. Nice.

 

[gump]

There was an interesting article today in Popmatters about their lyrics. Not so much for the ranking, but for the analysis, which I really enjoyed reading. Love the title too.

A Festival, a Parade: The National's Best Lyrics | PopMatters

 

[iron yuppie]

Odd that nothing from Sad Songs appears on there. Available would be in my top two or three of Matt's lyrical turns.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I fucking love this new album.

 

[nielsgov]

That was a good read.

If I'd put anything from Sad Songs on that list, it would be Cardinal Song.

 

[gump]

Odd that nothing from Sad Songs appears on there. Available would be in my top two or three of Matt's lyrical turns.

Yeah, that was a head-scratcher. Totally agree on Available, it has some of his best lyrics (the whole dress me down and liquor me up stanza is great). I'm also fond of some of the lyrics in Lucky You.

 

[iron yuppie]

God loves everybody - don't remind me.

 

[cobl04]

^I've come cross few bands whose lyrics get stuck in my head quite like The National's.

 

[u2popmofo]

The one iYup mentioned above in particular has been in my head a lot this last week. Good stuff.

 

[IWasBored]

Dinner at my mom's was mainly my brother and I arguing loudly (because we had trouble will find me playing very loudly) as to which is better, high violet or alligator. He says alligator, and also counts pink rabbits as one of his favorites off trouble.

 

[LemonMelon]

You guys actually found a way to argue about that? Alligator by miles.

 

[U2inUtah]

I wish I had siblings that liked The National.

 

[IWasBored]

You guys actually found a way to argue about that? Alligator by miles.

I really, really like high violet.


There was also a debate as to whether bowie's queen bitch sounds like mr brightside. I still do not hear it. Not at all. But my brother would fit in quite well around here.