The contemporary classical bent of whichever one of the brothers is into that stuff really pays off on this album's arrangements.
That is Bryce! His own chamber music is def worth checking out
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:07 (four years ago) link
it's the way that you're going to stop needing to tell me you want me as much as i want you to
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:56 (four years ago) link
Their best album.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:21 (four years ago) link
yep
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
I've never top tenned one of their albums before.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:24 (four years ago) link
me neither, and it usually takes me a while to figure out how i feel about them, cf. the album this thread is named after
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbXnnn8z1tE
i get why people would dismiss "rylan," feels like it's borrowed most of its rumble from "apartment story" to create the most national national song ever, but... it's so catchy
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 18:47 (four years ago) link
I just thought of perfect "feat. female guest singer" example that kind of pulls off what this album does: "My Curse," by fellow (can it be a coincidence?) Cincinnati sons Afghan Whigs.
Also, maybe "You're Still Standing There" by Steve Earle, when previously more or less AWOL Lucinda Williams suddenly pops up.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 May 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
I didn't realize that the album was made in such close collaboration with Mike Mills, who even produced. Has he produced anything else?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 May 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link
Marcy Mays on "My Curse" feels to me like much more direct and successful attempt at a counterpoint/perspective change than anything here.
― Simon H., Friday, 17 May 2019 15:19 (four years ago) link
anyway I can already tell this is going to be yet another one of those albums where I stick to listening to my own resequence/edit and get a lot more out of it that way
― Simon H., Friday, 17 May 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
i made a thread: thread for i am easy to find, the 2019 album by the national and film by mike mills
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 17 May 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
There are lots of candidates, but this really is the best album by them, isn't it? So sad and pretty.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 20 May 2023 22:29 (eleven months ago) link
it is
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Saturday, 20 May 2023 23:32 (eleven months ago) link
This is by far my favourite album of theirs. There's real sadness but also exaggerated sadness (played for humour, I think?), similar to what Tindersticks used to do. It's a perfect balance that they haven't managed to duplicate since.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 21 May 2023 14:06 (eleven months ago) link