Fri September 08, 2017 3:27 am
Simple Torture wrote:Lots of songs on this record about sleep and dreaming. The thematic unity really hit me on even just the first listen through. Gonna try to relisten as much as possible over the weekend.
I can't stay and I can't come back / I'll just keep awake / And I won't react
The system only dreams in total darkness / Why are you hiding from me?
You've been sleeping for miles / So what did you see?
always up at 5am every morning / Like a baby
You're sleeping night and day, how'd you do it? / Me I am wide awake, feeling defeated
I have dreams of anonymous castrati / Singing to us from the trees
I have dreams of a first man and a first lady / Singing to us from the sea
Go back to sleep, let me drive, let me think, let me figure it out
Fri September 08, 2017 4:21 am
Fri September 08, 2017 4:23 am
Simple Torture wrote:I have dreams of anonymous castrati / Singing to us from the trees
I have dreams of a first man and a first lady / Singing to us from the sea
Fri September 08, 2017 4:23 am
PHATJ wrote:The National is about to be on the Colbert show. Probably about 10 minutes from now.
Fri September 08, 2017 4:35 am
Fri September 08, 2017 6:56 pm
Fri September 08, 2017 6:59 pm
Chris_H_2 wrote:so i confess, while national albums are sometimes "growers" or "slow burners," this one's a little difficult for me to get into. the songs are pretty decent on their own. but as an album, they're all kind of sleepy. i'm pretty bored by turtleneck. i'm sure the more i listen to it, the more i'll appreciate it. but i can tell it won't end up ranking among the last 4 national albums for me.
Fri September 08, 2017 7:31 pm
Fri September 08, 2017 8:13 pm
chewm wrote:I already like this more than Trouble Will Find Me. I'm not sure if I'll like it better than the 3 albums that precede it but I definitely love what they did with this one.
Fri September 08, 2017 8:18 pm
Monkey_Driven wrote:Chris_H_2 wrote:so i confess, while national albums are sometimes "growers" or "slow burners," this one's a little difficult for me to get into. the songs are pretty decent on their own. but as an album, they're all kind of sleepy. i'm pretty bored by turtleneck. i'm sure the more i listen to it, the more i'll appreciate it. but i can tell it won't end up ranking among the last 4 national albums for me.
I feel like I need to listen to their albums about 10-15 times before having any sort of opinion on it.
Fri September 08, 2017 8:19 pm
given2trade wrote:chewm wrote:I already like this more than Trouble Will Find Me. I'm not sure if I'll like it better than the 3 albums that precede it but I definitely love what they did with this one.
I agree w/ all of this.
Fri September 08, 2017 10:27 pm
Fri September 08, 2017 10:32 pm
Chris_H_2 wrote:the songs are pretty decent on their own. but as an album, they're all kind of sleepy.
Simple Torture wrote:Lots of songs on this record about sleep and dreaming. The thematic unity really hit me on even just the first listen through. Gonna try to relisten as much as possible over the weekend.
Fri September 08, 2017 10:53 pm
Chris_H_2 wrote:Guys, Trouble Will Find Me is amazing.
Fri September 08, 2017 11:26 pm
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Sat September 09, 2017 12:26 am
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Sat September 09, 2017 1:16 am