The National - I Am Easy To Find (May 17, 2019) Album • Page 64

yup, indeed they are

"Let it Be" and "The End" are as good as anything on the regular album

 

Solo Matt wasn’t for me, but i did buy that vinyl for a friend’s birthday because she loved it.

 

Light Years - Cherry Tree Shop

New photograph book with a record and essays. Seems like a hefty price tag. Wish there was a little more info on it

 

If i were more interested in the vinyl I’d probably take the plunge. But 8 songs just doesn’t feel worth it.

 

what’s with the Beatles song titles haha

 

yea and the fact that book without the vinyl is $30 less just has that one record with 8 songs valued way too high. Still may pull the trigger...

 

the record is collections from a live show in 2018

 

All the Very Best of Us String Ourselves Up for Love

Fun way to kill 20 minutes or so

 

yes i will do this now

 

Had to make use of those write-ins.

 

Some brutal matchups here. Solidifies that SWB and TWFM are easily my two favorites from them though.

 

Damn this band’s catalogue runs deep

 

My bracket makes it visually apparent which National albums I like best. Haha

 

......might be right

 

sleep well beast has been the one ive been coming to most lately, idk what that's saying about me

 

It’s between that one and Alligator to me. SWB just has such a crisp sound on the production. Think they eased up on the reverb on Matt’s vocals compared to the two before it maybe? Title track is underrated imo.

 

yeah, that one, empire line and dark side of the gym really do it for me

 

I’ll always have a soft spot for Alligator being my favorite since that was my introduction.

 

SWB is my #1 National record. IATF could have been up there too but it was a little too messy.

Edit: my first National was buying Cherry Tree and SSFDL together a few months before Alligator came out. As fun as the leaps and break out of Alligator and Boxer were, SWB is the band at their best on nearly every front, IMO. Parts of IAETF, as well.

 

I come back to TWFM and IAETF the most.

 

That you have great taste and SWB is so criminally underrated - it’s my fourth favorite national record