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The National (southern Records)

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  • 15-12-2002 12:49pm
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    johanson
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    Import Promotions Presents

    THE NATIONAL
    + JEFF MARTIN
    THE COBBLESTONE
    SMITHFIELD, DUBLIN 7
    MONDAY 16TH DECEMBER
    DOORS 8.30 PM
    ADM €8


    The National are five displaced Ohioans living in New York; Scott and Bryan Devendorf (guitar & drums), Aaron and Bryce Dessner (guitar & bass), and Matt Berninger (vocals) two sets of brothers and one best friend. They play smart, naked, and bracing rock music.

    The self-titled album met with unanimous critical accolades when it was released in the United States in 2001. It was lauded in such tastemaking publications as No Depression and AllMusic.com. The Boston Phoenix notes, "[It's] a self-assured, well-written debut from a band who get just about everything right. The National understand that the best rock is built on tension carved from contradictory impulses: simplicity and sophistication; decadence and decorum; primal urge and cerebral reflection." Billboard.com writes, "Full of simple songs that convey complex emotions, this dazzling debut should be the portent of good things to come." Audiogalaxy.com says The National "filter through the endless barrage of sameness in music today...the National is already a perfect example of what Indie Rock should be, and what it could become if it only tried."

    Well made, epic, anthemic, this record has the makings of an underground classic. At the very least PrivyMagazine.com says it's "easily the sleeper pick of the year." There's a heartbeat backbeat, the weave of guitars, distant keys, and longing melodies as earnest as an American tourist. the roue-voiced Berninger sings a cycle of songs in which "fading love lingersjust enough to keep [him] tortured by all the things he could have done." (The New York Times)

    Though rooted in the electric rock sound of their native Midwest, their debut effort possesses a romantic pessimism that transcends the coal and pesticide confines of the interior. One critic proclaimed, "It's a bildungsroman penned in smoke...The National is that band who right now makes me feel something." (Buffalo ArtVoice)

    Southern is issuing the National's eponymous debut in Europe in October 2002.


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