National, The / High Violet
Album: High Violet   Collection:General
Artist:National, The   Added:May 2010
Label:4AD  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2010-07-18 Pull Date: 2010-09-19
Week Ending: Sep 19 Sep 12 Sep 5 Aug 29 Aug 22 Aug 15 Aug 8 Aug 1
Airplays: 4 3 2 4 3 4 3 3

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 10, 2023: KZSU Time Traveler
Bloodbuzz Ohio
4. Jan 13, 2019: Radiant Airwaves
Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
2. Feb 26, 2021: KZSU Time Traveler
Bloodbuzz Ohio
5. Aug 25, 2018: Hanging in the bone yard
Anyone's Ghost
3. Sep 04, 2020: KZSU Time Traveler
Afraid Of Everyone
6. May 12, 2018: Radiant Airwaves
Terrible Love

Album Review
mr. esq.
Reviewed 2010-07-13
THE NATIONAL -HIGH VIOLET
(4AD RECORDS.)
as reviewed by mr. esq.

indie pop/alternative nation.
it's a little commercial, so i wonder if we should be playing it.
cross between killers&interpol (and whole post- 'interpool' to interpol's post punk, editors et al.)
regardless: totally love it! may be the best thing i've reviewed.
(i almost told parlovr to fuck off! -we nearly got a canadian divorce!) =this is a total beaut.
pick a song, any song=it'll be good(#7's the weakest, but still good. #'s 5&6 are the instant hits to the brain. #'s 2, 3, 9 &11 are the long term gems.) and, unlike the killers stuff, i don't get sick of it and wanna sell it at streetlight. speaking of which=I'M GOING TO GO BUY ME A COPY OF THIS!
FCC WARNING: #9
SUGGESTIONS: 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11 &ANY TRACK= ALL GOOD!

1. sweet subdued. sounds like something's wrong with the speakers, but there's not. interpol w/my bloody distort.
kinda -vaguely- reminds me of mighty lemon drops.
2. strummy start, pumpy joydiv drums come. processed morrissson vox. that angelic ghost cooing near end. very late 80's alt-rock. pick a slimy limey band -any slimy limey band- that made upper middle class chicks cream themselves =that's what this sounds like. 21 jump street, here it comes!
3. BEST SONG: haunts&hurts. this moves the blood. the beat, the refrain. it won't leave your head soon.
4. machine guitar begin. atmospheric. saddy sound. epicy.
5. ALMOST BEST SONG: i think this is about kurt cobain. haunty.
accordian begin. background vox like little ghost clouds off shoulders. really captures impending doom. captured.
6. okey: who does this song sound like to you? i'm thinking springsteen or u2. but i can't quite pin the fucker. and it's driving me nuts! (i can hear inxs' 'don't change a thing' as 'underbed' (?).) anywise: it's epic, baby.
7. compared to any other tracck, this thing's a total pussybitch.
however: it's still good. it's the happy in the saddy.
8. quiet, soft. acoustic git sound. campfire quality. sweet cheese.
9. ALMOST BEST SONG, BUT BETTER THAN THAT OTHER ALMOST BEST SONG: subliminally dancy. chances are, you can't play this because it's got a swear in it. but i can. because i'm in safe harbor. hee hee hee hee hee! bwaa hee hee hee hee hee....
10. late 80's limey&joydiv beat. wistful. sweet.
11. sad. beatles&westerberg write a song for 'heathers.'

Track Listing
1. Terrible Love   6. Bloodbuzz Ohio
2. Sorrow   7. Lemonworld
3. Anyone's Ghost   8. Runaway
4. Little Faith   9. Conversation 16
5. Afraid Of Everyone   10. England
  11. Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks