The National are a great band we should keep discussing.

[PhilsFan]

On Letterman tonight and they are playing the following song which I am putting in a spoiler and also writing an overly long introduction for so iPhone users are all good:

Spoiler

Don't Swallow the Cap

 

[No spoken words]

Status report:

Album - owned

Headphones - donned

Play button - depressed

Excitement - engaged

LET'S FUCKING DO THIS

 

[u2popmofo]

I just downloaded it as well. Time 2 partei.

 

[IWasBored]

Want now. Do not want to listen to it through the crappy truck radio/fm transmitter over a diesel engine idling, though. Seems like that would be slightly detrimental.

 

[u2popmofo]

Spoiler

Graceless sure is good.

As is everything else up until that song, and likely everything to come after. EDIT: Confirmed, everything to come after was good.

 

[PhilsFan]

They were sharp on Letterman. I hate those condensed TV versions, though.

 

[cobl04]

8.4 and BNM from the Fork. Looking forward to sitting down with lyrics for a proper listen tonight.

 

[No spoken words]

Status report:

First listen - done

Second listen - immediately engaged

Excitement - warranted

Pleasure - experienced

 

[u2popmofo]

I really liked it on first listen. Really liked it.

Have Letterman on now. Will Smith is being annoying (no surprise).

 

[cobl04]

Status report:

First listen - done

Second listen - immediately engaged

Excitement - warranted

Pleasure - experienced

to this style of review.

I guess we can drop spoilers now? Everyone's heard it right? Perhaps not HG?

 

[LemonMelon]

8.4 and BNM from the Fork. Looking forward to sitting down with lyrics for a proper listen tonight.

I guessed 8.5. P4k is simply too unpredictable.

 

[u2popmofo]

I guessed 8.5. P4k is simply too unpredictable.

Where do you guess it will end up on Bang and Clatter's Peefer-run point-driven year-end list?

 

[LemonMelon]

3rd, behind Arcade Fire's concept album about how babies smell and Linkin Temple Pilots.

 

[u2popmofo]

I'm guessing #1, unless U2's album comes out. If U2's album comes out, it depends.

 

[U2inUtah]

I would guess #1 as well. Have Letterman on now. Surprised they didn't play Sea of Love.

 

[LemonMelon]

I'm not guessing Kanye because even MBDTF couldn't win that year, but the new songs are great.

Seriously though, I do think The National have a great shot.

My best guess:

1. The National
2. Arcade Fire
3. Kanye
4. U2
5. Kurt Vile
6. Vampire Weekend
77. The Knife

 

[cobl04]

#2, then #1 when Imperor turns his list in five hours after Peef posts the final poll.

 

[LemonMelon]

Unless LCD Soundsystem puts out an album, The Nash usually have it locked up.

 

[cobl04]

I hope to see Amok do better than King of Limbs... Where did the latter place?

 

[u2popmofo]

AMOK is my most listened to album this year.

 

[LemonMelon]

Oh I forgot about Amok. KOL placed 5th but Amok isn't a Radiohead album so 10th or lower.

 

[nielsgov]

Yeah this will easily be number one.

 

[U2inUtah]

The National - Don't Swallow the Cap - David Letterman 5-20-13 - YouTube

 

[LemonMelon]

Well that was very nice indeed. Bespectacled Matt is interesting, he's looking a bit like season 1 Walter White.

 

[nielsgov]

He's looking much older now.

 

[LemonMelon]

They say a glass of wine a night does a body good, but I'm not sure about a whole bottle.

For anyone who has a physical copy of the album with lyrics, what's the verdict on "everything I love is out to sea/see" and "Hey Jo/Joe, sorry I hurt you?"

 

[cobl04]

Sea, Joe

 

[Imperor]

Where do you guess it will end up on Bang and Clatter's Peefer-run point-driven year-end list?

#1. Apart from Radiohead, they're the darlings of B&C.

 

[IWasBored]

You sure? But they're not Canadian.

 

[Danny Boy]

So I'm not going to Target today after all. I'm downloading the 24-bit FLAC version from 7Digital.