What does it sound like? Originally released May 11, 2010, the critically acclaimed fifth studio album features the now-classics ‘Terrible Love’, ‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’, ‘England’, and perennial show closer, ‘Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks’.
On March 10, 2010, they performed opening track "Terrible Love" on The album's first single "Bloodbuzz Ohio" was made available for download on the band's website on March 24, 2010. 17/06/2020 by Kid Dynamite 13 Comments. 2010 was a key year for The National. The songs feel polished and strong, but it’s an album that lives on its arrangements. They go on the same shelf as, say, Arcade Fire.My copy of High Violet arrived this very morning. Hence my question! The band produced the album themselves, assisted by Peter Katis with whom they worked on their previous albums Alligator and Boxer at their own studio in Brooklyn, New York, and at Katis' Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It’s not an archival release in the sense that there are unreleased tracks and demos etc. The National expanded High Violet into a triple-LP set for the album’s 10th anniversary reissue. I’ll dig it out tomorrow. Smashing album, mind you.I think the 10th anniversary thing is bit of a misnomer. *I’ve just shelled out for thirty quid’s worth of sorbothane feet for the darling; in operation it sits slightly behind but less than a foot from the top driver of a Spendor 5 which pushes out quite a lot of oomph when asked. / The National – High Violet 10th Anniversary Edition.

It’s more of a pin to hang a vinyl reissue on.The National are a bit of a blindspot for me. The National have announced that they'll be releasing their seminal 2010 album 'High Violet' on vinyl for the first time – and will celebrate by livestreaming a special show from the era tonight. The song was also released on 7" vinyl (with the exclusive B-side "Sin-Eaters") on May 3, 2010.On April 19, 2010, a low-quality version of the album was leaked onto the internet in its entirety which prompted the band to announce that the album would be streaming on On May 13, 2010, the band played "Afraid of Everyone" on the The track "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks" was the featured song at the climax of the second season of the The song "You Were a Kindness" was the featured song at the climax of the This article is about the album. I’m a bit of a fan.I was late to the National, not latching until Glasto telly about 3 or 4 years ago. It’s a nuanced and subtle record, one that reveals its charms slowly and takes a while to seep under your skin, but once it’s there it’s there for good. What’s not to like?Introspection, headphones, late nights, a vague sense of unease and feeling adrift.It seems a bit strange to be re-releasing an album after just 10 years.Love the band, love the album. Think I now have ‘em all, except, paradoxically the latest. Both unlistenable crap to my ears these days.Reading online, there seem to be several lines of enquiry when Planets skip (Brian Cox moment) – it’s either down to their poor resistance to sonic resonances* or it’s time to get the soldering iron out.

Fingers crossed the squidgy things do the trick when they arrive, but you never know.I doubt the sorbothane feet will fix it, it sounds like it needs a new laser/sled or, at very least, some lubrication, but they might help.There are Rega dealers in Bath, Bristol, Swindon & Cheltenham. This next album was crucial. So far, so Elbow, but Matt Berninger’s words have an opacity, a literary, sardonic quality, that band lack, which perversely makes them more memorable. The National are reissuing High Violet to mark the 10th anniversary of the release.

The 10th anniversary edition of The National's fifth full length album High Violet, marking the first time the expanded edition has been released on vinyl, to celebrate its 10th Anniversary. I don’t mean it’s tired and weary, more that it’s been pored over and crafted by people who have done their apprenticeship and are ready to show what they can do. Trouble Will Find Me is even better. 10 years ago.

There are so many touches like the woodwind playing off the riff on Afraid Of Everyone, the strings on Little Faith, or the brass on Runaway that elevate the material and give it depth (this would be a good time to mention Bryan Devendorf’s constantly unusual and inventive drum patterns). Hardly enough hindsight for any fresh perspective on the era, which most deluxe box sets ostensibly try to do. I think I only ever played it once or twice and the video link has put me off doing that again, even if I could locate it.
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