Review: The National – Laugh Track
The National’s second full-length album of 2023 emphasizes both the strengths and the weaknesses of its predecessor.
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The National’s second full-length album of 2023 emphasizes both the strengths and the weaknesses of its predecessor.
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Skinty Fia’s distinction comes from its cohesion, lacking the noticeably different styles of Fontaines D.C.’s first two albums.
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Have We Met’s gloomy lyrics and pared-back instrumentation shouldn’t turn you off from what’s essentially a great release.
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Everything Else Has Gone Wrong is less a grand comeback album than a warm “welcome back” album.
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The National’s eighth album I Am Easy to Find is not just an introduction to a new sound for the band, but also one of the most powerful albums you’ll hear this year.
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Lux Prima is the rare collaboration that highlights both artists’ strengths without showing compromise from either.
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Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1’s skillful incorporation more of electronic elements than Foals have ever used before will leave you pumped for volume 2.
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As Panda Bear’s most experimental album in 15 years, the largely acoustic guitar-based Buoys is soothing, subdued, and ultimately stale.
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Gallipoli might promise visions of European sophistication and exoticism, but its already well-explored musical terrain makes it feel much more familiar.
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For better or worse, Razorlight has released an album that has seemingly time traveled from 2006 with Olympus Sleeping.
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AARTH shows the Joy Formidable pushing out of their comfort zone while still retaining the raw power and dynamic shifts found on Hitch.
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Interpol’s sixth album Marauder is a blend of their early 2000s heyday and the less angular El Pintor that shows the band evolving with confidence.
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