| National, The / High Violet |
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| Album: | High Violet | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | National, The | Added: | May 2010 | |
| Label: | 4AD | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| 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 |
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| mr. esq. Reviewed 2010-07-13 | ||
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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 |
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| 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 | |||||