The National - First Two Pages... & Laugh Track Album • Page 2

I think 10 of the 13 tracks on IAETF are very good to great.

 

thank you, you get it.

 

It's no SWB or TWFM but it's a really great listening experience. That album was there for me during a particularly rough patch in my life and I was happy to have it. I think I'll spin it now!

 

I prefer it to swb because swb came out at a really bad time in my life. IAETF came out when shit started to turn around and that album and father of the bride always remind that shit gets better. I would alternate listening to each one as I fell asleep at night for months.

 

Really hard to believe this is LP9. Insane.

 

Also, IAETF is a good album. Y'all are sleeping.

 

The take on that album, from my experience, tends to be that it is either wonderful or excruciatingly boring, depending on who you ask. I’ve seen very little in between.

 

Literally exact same.

 

I wanna see a Venn Diagram of National fans who think High Violet is by far their best album and National fans who think IAETF is by far their worst album. My theory is that it’s a circle.

 

IAETF rules. we really gonna act like Oblivions isn't a top 10 National song?

anyway psyched for this

 

Excited for this beaut

 

IAETF isn’t their worst, it’s just the worst since SSFDL

 

High Violet is either my second favorite or third favorite depending on the day. It's definitely better than IAETF, though.

 

Pleased that the new songs I’ve heard don’t have piano on them, at least.

 

high violet isn’t in my top 3

 

Some interesting tidbits in here. Sounds like they might not be doing an album release either?

The National on new music: "It’s the whole history of the band, but with a new exploration"

 

me, but with Boxer

 

I could be delusional, but I clearly remember the band saying that after SWB, we weren't getting music for a long time. Then *bam* like less than a year after that statement we have IAETF.

 

nobody expected it lol

 

When’s this song droppin

 

probably next week?

 

I’m an optimist I’m going with Friday

 

Single is out Monday per fan club email that just went out.

 

Not jazzed about seeing flyers and online banners a week before we can hear the song, in 2022 the age of surprise album drops and instant gratification, but I did enjoy the 19 second preview in that fan club email.

 

The email also confirms it's the lead single for a new album