The National – Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers (CD)
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Before Boxer, before Alligator, there was this: the Cincinnati-bred quintet still finding their footing in Brooklyn, channeling barroom melancholy and literary ambition into something that didn't sound like anyone else in 2003. The 2021 remaster brings new clarity to the interplay between the Dessner and Devendorf brothers that would become the band's rhythmic and melodic backbone for the next two decades.
Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers (2021 Remaster) - The National's second album, Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers (2003) proved a leap forward from 2001's eponymous debut, showing a band adept at delivering warm embraces and gut punches in equal measure. With word of mouth now spreading on the band, critics proved equally enthusiastic. Pitchfork in their glowing review called it a "Gorgeous train wreck" that "Lives up to it's blunt title (with) Matt Berninger's self-effacing barbs matched by the band's equally potent hooks," while Uncut also became early champions saying the album was "A genuine treasure... Livid as a bruise, this is brave, desperate, beautiful music."
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UPC: 191400031326
Label: 4ad
Release Date: 2.26.21
Format: CD