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The National "Alligator"

I got into this band through their newest release, "Boxer". It made my top ten for 2007. Now I'm dipping into The National's back catalog and lovin it.

"Alligator" finds the instruments coming to the foreground a little more- with more memorable guitar and piano parts, as apposed to the quagmire of sound on "Boxer". At times the band sounds like like early U2 (and folks, it's a musical fact that the first 3 U2 albums are better than their last 4 albums, hands down).

Lyrically, Matt Berninger is a little more Bukowski-esque on this one. But what could be confused as chauvinism is probably a little more like honesty or confession.

Great album. Really into this band right now.