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The National are five displaced Ohioans living in New York -- two sets of brothers and one best friend. They play smart, naked, and bracing rock music. No Depression said, "The National has created nearly a dozen picture-perfect Americana bar-soaked gems with its debut album." Creative Loafing described it as a "merciless hybrid of plaintive American folk with the mordant gallows humor of Nick Cave and Jarvis Cocker." "Full of simple songs that convey complex emotions," wrote Billboard, "this dazzling debut should be the portent of good things to come."
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PORTLAND MERCURY (Portland, OR) by Julianne Shepherd
I believe that the majority of non-musicians relate to vocals in music, above all other aspects... [The National] have one of those singers. Their singer, whose name is Matt Berninger, adds a lot of depth. Indeed, he makes the band. His voice is low and manly, so much that it swaggers; he doesn't even really emphasize his consonants very much. Because of this, I have created a whole persona about Matt Berninger in my mind. I think he is the guy in the band who gets sort of drunk before every show, and he's never sloppy, but it makes him sort of sassy and depressed. Perhaps he is drinking to mask his depression. After all, he sings the line, "I have nobody left to forget/ I guess that's what assholes get." Matt Berninger is awesome.
NO DEPRESSION #36 (Nov/Dec 2001) by Jason MacNeil
Originally from Ohio and now based in New York, The National has created nearly a dozen picture-perfect Americana bar-soaked gems with its debut album. From the opening notes of "Beautiful Head", the delicate line between polished roots-oriented pop and alt-country has rarely been walked so deliberately with the payoff so favorable.
Singer Matt Berninger will draw comparisons to Leonard Cohen at times, but Ryan Adams and even Tom Waits come to mind in certain instances. Particular....... more
Reedycje p³yt "The National", "Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers" i "Cherry Tree EP".
Dwadzie¶cia lat po wydaniu ich debiutanckiego albumu, 26 lutego 2021 roku The National wyda go ponownie wraz z nastêpnymi 'Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers' z 2003 roku i 'Cherry Tree EP' z 2004 roku.
Wszystkie trzy p³yty zosta³y zremasterowane w Abbey Road Studios a ich nowy mastering jeszcze bardziej podkre¶laja wczesne brzmienie, które uczyni³o z nich jeden z najpiêkniejszych i najbardziej lubianych alternatywnych zespo³ów swojego pokolenia.
Wydany pierwotnie 2 lipca 2001 roku.
Obchodz±cy w 2021 roku 20. rocznicê wydania, debiutancki album The National ukazuj±cy ten wyj±tkowy zespó³ w trakcie kszta³towania stylu.
Ich pierwsze wydawnictwo, The National, pojawi³o siê dwa lata po powstaniu grupy, kiedy to ¿onglowali ¿yciem zespo³u, ³±cz±c je z konieczno¶ci± utrzymywania pe³noetatowej pracy. I chocia¿ mo¿na us³yszeæ uk³on w stronê artystów alt.rockowych, którzy ich zainspirowali (Pavement, Silver Jews), w równym stopniu pokazuje pocz±tek tworzenia czego¶ indywidualnego - osza³amiaj±ce i nieoczekiwane teksty Matta Berningera s± przypiête do melodii, które na d³u¿ej pozostaj± w g³owie.
The National wyznacza punkt wyj¶cia dla jednego z najlepszych zespo³ów swojego pokolenia, a nowy mastering pomaga podnie¶æ go na wy¿szy poziom. ¦wietny elementarz dla ¶wietnego zespo³u.