Beautiful plate, steamed and stylish

Beautiful drive, otherwise it can be said that hardly. Tastefully, certainly, with elegant Hits for the summer Apartment PA. I tend to agree with Martin Lorenz objection of a little lack of unleashing. A little more number crunching as Abel or Lit up (Alligator) would have done the work in my opinion well. This time kommts only in trace amounts, at the end of England, for example, but start doing the number indeed in a piano chord. Or in Bloodbuzz Ohio that brings all indie discos in the local environment to Revel.
Ultimately, it is only just so that the comparison with previous albums from the perspective of an emotional feeling always lags somewhat. The first love (with me: Alligator) always has a special significance. But a matured love has just also their own merits, and does not want you to miss both experiences. Therefore: Great stuff, no second disappointed (that happens so easily when the expectations are so high!), Already an album for years leaderboards. Whether you start thinking about awards five stars or four is matter of taste. Only three stars are reasonably objectively enough.

A word about the vinyl edition of High Violet (Amazon throws unfortunately all Rezis simply connected): The default comes in 180 gram heavyweight vinyl as a double album. That is, on each side are three numbers, only the last page is only enough for England and Vanderlyle ... Sonically has noticeable advantages, but may have to turn the wheel every ten minutes as well. In addition, there's a limited edition in Europe in opaque lilac (Violet as consistent.) Comes along - myself am lucky owner of such a copy - in the Amis over übern pond it is translucent dark purple. The collectors got a nice gate is opened.

Downer: The disk (CD I do not know) comes without lyrics of the songs from. This is extremely unfortunate. After all, the quality of The National from time immemorial also shows the so-earth-honest, unaffected state descriptions of the working middle class with all their worries and fears, how it is treated in hardly a recent contemporary rock music in quality.