The National - The National (Black Vinyl)

The National - The National (Black Vinyl)Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2021, The Nationals self titled debut album of sozzled Americana is a thing of beauty, laden with heavy hints that this was a special band in the making. Their first release, The National arrived two years after The National formed, a time when they were juggling bandlife with needing to hold down full time jobs. And while nods to the alt. rock artists that inspired them (Pavement, Silver Jews) can be heard, so too

he has returned with another statement that feels equally cumulative and unprecedented in his catalog

"Not in terms of trying to sell records

Yasiin Bey

it’s equal parts brooding and psychedelic

as Playing With Fire would become Spacemen 3’s crowning studio achievement and cement their rightful place on the vanguard of otherworldly rock ‘n’ roll

Made up of four soft spoken Texas lads

fluid transition

“I want the experience of listening to Pure Music to be euphoric

2009 reissue UK 2-CD album set - Following a sensational year in 2008

15 step's children's voices and odd-meter clapping is astoundingly uplifting

" "Love in Outer Space")

been heard by anyone apart from Shane Meadows himself