National (The) - Alligator

Brooklyn quintet explore the parallels between small-town drama and big-city alienation.

The National are stuck somewhere in the emotional recesses of life, the characters in their songs adrift on roads both literal and metaphorical. They're stuck between the country and the city, but not in the suburban or exurban sense: their music reveals the parallels between small-town everybody-knows-everybody drama and big-city alienation. The Brooklyn (via Cincinnati) quintet engage with their American anxiety with a somewhat European elegance, and Alligator, their third album and first for Beggars Banquet, finds them pushing tempos without losing the stately sense of pacing and dour melody that made their first two albums so pleasing.

Tracklist:
1. Secret Meeting
2. Karen
3. Lit Up"
4. Looking for Astronauts
5. Daughters of the SoHo Riots
6. Baby, We'll Be Fine
7. Friend of Mine
8. Val Jester
9. All the Wine
10. Abel
11. The Geese of Beverly Road
12. City Middle
13. Mr. November

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