I've always felt that The National worked on a level higher than other indie bands, with their brooding, but highly refined take on the genre. Albums Alligator and Boxer are amongst the best records of the last decade for sure, and it seems as if The National could be continuing their run of good form into this new decade with the imminent release of High Violet (released 11th May on 4AD). New track Terrible Love, as aired recently on Jimmy Fallon, retains all the usual National motifs, most obviously Matt Berninger's sonorous vocals and Bryan Devendorf's rollicking drums, and although it is instantly recognisable as a National track and adds little new, it is of course also instantly brilliant.
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