The National (Poll)

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They may yet. An interview I saw with Bryce Dessner (when I was doing a quick "what are they up to" google this morning) implied lots of new material in various states of flux, changing all the time. Which is sort of the risky U2 approach. You've got to know when to stop spinning the wheel and eventually settle on something, and where you stop determines whether that something is interesting but underbaked or solid but boring.

I really like Weird Goodbyes. Still in my current playlist two months later.