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1 Alphabet City (03:43) 2 Deep End (Paul’s in Pieces) (04:29) 3 Weird Goodbyes feat Bon Iver (05:03) 4 Turn off the House (04:35) 5 Dreaming (03:46) 6 Laugh Track feat Phoebe Bridgers (04:24) 7 Space Invader (06:58) 8 Hornets (04:35) 9 Coat on a Hook (04:58) 10 Tour Manager (04:26) 11 Crumble feat Rosanne Cash (04:35) 12 Smoke Detector (07:47)
I find it an odd choice that knowing the collection was going to be released, the Alphabet City and Space Invader singles weren't treated as such; guess that went to the surprise of it all.
The National wrote:
Laugh Track is the band's most freewheeling, all-hands-on-deck album in years. If Frankenstein represented a rebuilding of trust between group members after 20+ years together, the vibrant, exploratory Laugh Track is both the product of that faith and a new statement of intent. Revelling in the license to radically upend its creative process, The National honed most of this material in live performances on tour this year, and captured those invigorated versions in impromptu sessions at producer Tucker Martine’s Portland studio, Flora Recording & Playback. The nearly eight-minute album closer 'Smoke Detector' was recorded in June during a Vancouver soundcheck, completing a body of work bristling with spontaneity and vintage rock energy that makes a perfect complement to the songs found on its more introspective predecessor.
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they just added more dates, one of which is Tulsa on 11/16. i just bought tix to Houston (11/18) last night. I might end up getting tix for Tulsa too. I can't justify not going when they're going to be 90 mins away. I'll likely hate myself Friday morning though.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Guys I was baked out of my mind, I was just grooving
This was really good and a nice surprise; Space Invader's probably the best song on here, but Deep End, Turn Off The House and the trio at the end are all highlights (this is probably my favorite 3-run of ending songs they've done since Trouble Will Find Me).
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By the way, the pitchfork review is pretty spot on. And this part about Bryan Devendorf essentially be persona non grata on the last album is great:
pitchfork wrote:
His fidgety, racing percussion introduces intrigue to the otherwise staid “Turn Off the House,” and he propels “Space Invader” toward the kind of cathartic outro this band used to throw down all the time but now reserves only for the rare nights when the sitters are free and nobody has work the next morning.
You can really feel him straining for a good line there, as (at least in the studio) they've never really done anything like Space Invader's outro (other than maybe So Far So Fast, which doesn't feel like that apt a comparison).
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digster wrote:
You can really feel him straining for a good line there, as (at least in the studio) they've never really done anything like Space Invader's outro (other than maybe So Far So Fast, which doesn't feel like that apt a comparison).
At that happens to be my favorite track on that album.
Turn off the House is a pretty crushing highlight; I've never heard somebody be able to evoke how a relationship ending can numb you in the way Berninger is able to do.
Space Invader Turn off the House Crumble Smoke Detector Tour Manager Weird Goodbyes Deep End Hornets Alphabet City Dreaming Laugh Track Coat on a Hook
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