Quit Your Day Job: The National
Anyone who skimmed yesterday's Premature Evaluation -- which came pretty close to that other "e" word -- oughtta know how Stereogum feels about the National. The quintet's fourth full-length album Boxer, a sumptuous trek into a surrealistic Cheeverian realm (count the times money and darkness come up), is perhaps their best to date. To these ears it's better than Alligator. ...
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