Artist: The NationalAlbum: High Violet
Released: May 2010
Label: 4AD
Genre: indie rock
Purchase Date: 10 July 2010
Format: mp3 files
Source: eMusic
High Violet is the fifth album from these Brooklyn-based critical darlings. Their music is driving yet downbeat, and their lyrics run the gamut from depressing to morose. This is one album where I'm breaking with the majority of critics: most are hailing this as one of the best albums of the year, but I just didn't like it all that much. I found the music to be overblown, depressing, and not terribly interesting. "Bloodbuzz Ohio" got a decent amount of radio play over the summer, and it is a pretty good song. However, on the whole, this album pretty much left me cold.
Rating: C
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