The National are a great band we should keep discussing.

[iron yuppie]

This is probably my most anticipated album of the year.

Same. Looks like we should be getting a single within a month.

 

[cobl04]

I don't like the cover but boy oh fucking boy is this exciting news. Here's hoping they your here this yr.

 

[bono_212]

What is with the typos and grammar in this thread?

 

[bollox]

AOTY y'all.

Not feeling the cover so much, but, whatevs.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I think the cover is wicked

 

[cobl04]

I wonder if "Don't Swallow the Cap" is an anti-MDMA anthem.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Whenever bands release tracklistings for new records, I like to predict which songs I'll like best. So I'm guessing here that I'll love Fireproof, I Need My Girl, and Hard to Find. Cannot wait for this album.

 

[bono_212]

Knowing this band, it'll be Don't Swallow the Cap

 

[No spoken words]

Dale.

 

[djerdap]

Whenever bands release tracklistings for new records, I like to predict which songs I'll like best. So I'm guessing here that I'll love Fireproof, I Need My Girl, and Hard to Find. Cannot wait for this album.

I Need My Girl could very well be the first single.

The National unveil "I Need My Girl" on Q - YouTube

 

[LemonMelon]

Don't Swallow the Cap

 

[HeartlandGirl]

I Need My Girl could very well be the first single.

Seriously. Sounds good to me.

 

[No spoken words]

Seriously. Sounds good to me.

Me too sucka.

 

[PhilsFan]

You can't imagine how I hate this, graceless.

 

[PhilsFan]

Is there a powder to erase this?

 

[Kieran McConville]

I love how the title is almost too small to read, but I think the typeface should be smaller. Like how with all serious films nowadays, the title comes in really really tiny and often just for a second, like they're actually ashamed of letting you know what's about to start.

Otherwise, no complaints with the cover.

 

[Joey788]

Looks like Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, and artists are making guest appearances on the album. This made my anticipation somehow grow even more.

Drummer Bryan Devendorf Tells Us About The National's "Confident" New Record: Gothamist

 

[cobl04]

I'm put off by the woman's eye in the mirror for some reason.

But really I couldn't give a shit and I'm unbelievably excited.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

I'm put off by the woman's eye in the mirror for some reason.

I am too. It looks like she's looking at the person with the camera. I'd be more okay with it if she were looking straight up, or had her eyes closed, etc.

But yeah. At the end of the day, who cares.

 

[Kieran McConville]

I think it's great that she's looking at you, the viewer, and if she weren't I would have to seriously reconsider listening to the forthcoming album.

 

[IWasBored]

Don't Swallow the Cap

Tennessee Williams?

 

[bollox]

Sufjan Stevens

meh

St. Vincent

Yeah

Sharon Van Etten

YES

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I think the album cover is awesome, and my immediate thought was that the girl looks like Natalie Portman.

It could just be my Natty obsession but, yeah.

Can't wait for this shit. Rocking out to Bloodbuzz right now.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I am too. It looks like she's looking at the person with the camera.

She is. That's the whole point. But she's looking at you not the person holding the camear

 

[LemonMelon]

The disembodied head just reminds me too much of De-Loused in the Comatorium, which might have the worst cover ever.

 

[RobotlandGirl]

She is. That's the whole point. But she's looking at you not the person holding the camear

As someone who's often looking through a camera, the idea that she's looking at 'me' is lost on me. I'll take the cover for High Violet over this every time.

~HG posting from le phone

 

[PhilsFan]

Is it dissolvable and tasteless?

 

[cobl04]

I really like the lyric "serve me the sky with a big slice of lemon". Love the way that tune ends.

 

[bollox]

Apparently there's a cover of England by . . . Mumford & Sons. Good taste and decorum preclude my posting it here, but it's on YouTube for the sickos who want to see that. Or just watch the Kevin Ware injury 100 times in a row to get the same effect.

 

[bono_212]

How...many...times?