The National has to be one of the best indie bands touring this year. Their new cd High Violet has gotten great reviews across the board from everyone from Pitchfork.com (http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14203-high-violet/) to NME who gave it 8 out of 10 and Paste Magazine who gave it over an 8 rating (http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/05/the-national-high-violet.html). The Washington Post called High Violet, "It's methodical and smart, filled with inscrutable but deep-sounding ruminations on love and loss. Its twisty, intricate rhythms and lush orchestral passages would take lesser bands years to figure out."
This is not a summer drive with the top down cd it's more of a rainy day, dig deep type. I bought the cd the day it came out and find myself weeks later still listening to it. It's kind of like the Schindler's List of music, great art that you have to be in the right mindset for.
The National will be coming to Louisville in September to the Brown Theatre on Monday the 27th. Tickets are still available at $35 a shot.
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