Red Mosquito

This record is definitely growing on me.

4/5 wrote:This record is definitely growing on me.

Says the girl who liked the last couple Counting Crows records.

solace wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:God, between that video and the one of Graceless from a studio that's up on youtube, I wouldn't mind if we never got another backing vocal again. Brutal.

who are you referring to, Kyle Resnick?

I believe so. He plays trumpet, right?

given2trade wrote:

4/5 wrote:This record is definitely growing on me.

Says the girl who liked the last couple Counting Crows records.

That's a dirty whore lie and you know it!

Chris_H_2 wrote:

solace wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:God, between that video and the one of Graceless from a studio that's up on youtube, I wouldn't mind if we never got another backing vocal again. Brutal.

who are you referring to, Kyle Resnick?

I believe so. He plays trumpet, right?

yeah. i guess i don't mind them so much... though it does sound a little weird hearing him sing in a major key over the chorus of Demons.

surface the north wrote:Have thodoks and spike weighed in on this record yet?

Nice record, but sleepy. In a good way mostly.

They played a free show last night in Toronto for NxNE.. It was the first time I've seen them live and I thought they were great.

I didn't know what to expect (in terms of sound quality) since it was a free show outdoors, but the sound was really good.

I think they only played about half of the new album, but they were the songs that I like/wanted to hear. They did play a lot from High Violet, which was great.

Since my car's stock MP3 player has issues I put the National's LP discog in the changer; it is quite a different experience to listen with outside noise but still picking up certain bits. Still on my first go 'round, as I don't drive much, but I must say that I love this new album with an ardent fervor.

I LOVE this album. The best part about it is that I enjoy it even more with each listen. So far I have four songs that I consider 5-Star (Classic) tracks: Humiliation, Don't Swallow the Cap, Demons & Graceless. Every other song is 4-Stars (Very Good) except Fireproof (3-Stars). This is easily the best new album I've heard in 2013.

Coincidentally, High Violet was my #1 of 2010.

Also, I will (obviously) rank the tracks.

01. Humiliation
02. Don't Swallow The Cap
03. Demons
04. Graceless
05. Pink Rabbits
06. I Should Live In Salt
07. I Need My Girl
08. Slipped
09. Sea Of Love
10. Hard To Find
11. Heavenfaced
12. This Is The Last Time
13. Fireproof

My ranking would be pretty similar.

I'm surprised The National RM fan doesn't seem to like this album, I think its one of their best. The top 7 or 8 are fantastic.

i love it

its my fav of 2013 also

psychobain wrote:i love it

its my fav of 2013 also

psychobain wrote:i love it

its my fav of 2013 also

Same. And since we are ranking...

01. Humiliation
02. Don't Swallow The Cap
03. Demons
04. Sea Of Love
05. Graceless
06. I Should Live In Salt
07. I Need My Girl
08. Hard To Find
09. This Is The Last Time
10. Slipped
11. Pink Rabbits
12. Heavenfaced
13. Fireproof

The difference between #1 and #12 is so minimal. Fireproof is the only real misfire on the album for me - it's still OK but nowhere near as good as any of the other songs.

slipped
salt
i need my girl
graceless
sea of love
don't swallow
humiliation
pink rabbits
this is the last time
fireproof
demons
heavenfaced
hard to find

psychobain wrote:slipped
salt
i need my girl
graceless
sea of love
don't swallow
humiliation
pink rabbits
this is the last time
fireproof
demons
heavenfaced
hard to find

damn close to mine...

slipped
salt
sea of love
humiliation
graceless
this is the last time
i need my girl
pink rabbits
cap
demons
hard to find
fireproof
heavenfaced

j's brain wrote:

psychobain wrote:i love it

its my fav of 2013 also

Same. And since we are ranking...

01. Humiliation
02. Don't Swallow The Cap
03. Demons
04. Sea Of Love
05. Graceless
06. I Should Live In Salt
07. I Need My Girl
08. Hard To Find
09. This Is The Last Time
10. Slipped
11. Pink Rabbits
12. Heavenfaced
13. Fireproof

The difference between #1 and #12 is so minimal. Fireproof is the only real misfire on the album for me - it's still OK but nowhere near as good as any of the other songs.

It's amazing how similar our lists are. Well played indeed.

I kinda teared up while listening to Don't Swallow The Cap the other day.

Humiliation
Don't Swallow the Cap
I Could Live In Salt
Slipped
Graceless
This Is The Last Time
Demons
Hard To Find
Sea Of Love
I Need My Girl
Pink Rabbits
Heavenfaced
Fireproof

This Is The Last Time is probably the one that's grown on me most from initial listens...

this version from Q the other day was amazing: