The National - I Am Easy To Find (May 17, 2019) Album • Page 40

Trouble
IAETF
SWB
HV
Boxer
Alligator
Honestly don’t listen to anything pre alligator

 

honestly surprise myself every time i finish this record because its so hard not to just leave Quiet Light on repeat

 

The lyrics of Light Years really feel like a continuation of Hard to Find, which is funny considering the naming similarities of the two albums.

 

quiet light is the perfect national song

 

I made an extended version recently with the clip from the short film - not sure I posted it here yet... Quiet Light (Extended) on Clyp

EDITL: I did but I just like how it turned out.
If we're ranking, I'll say I decided my top 10 National songs are currently:

Lemonworld
Rylan
Conversation 16
Quiet Light (specifically the extended version I put together - I got really attached to the song since that one Instagram clip, the live debut, and my rework lol)
Sleep Well Beast
Graceless
Mistaken For Strangers
Driver Surprise Me
I'll Still Destroy You
Blank Slate

 

I am fucking obsessed with this album.

 

This band is so good that I can’t really argue with anyone’s ranking but Pink Rabbits doesn’t make the top ten?????

 

HV, while a good record in its own right, was an absolutely massive disappointment coming after Boxer for me - Lemonworld is the only song on it that would crack my National top 25. And if you really want to get the hot take machine spinning, TWFM is by and large just Boxer but less good. (Though again, really good album without the historical context.)

SWB and IAETF both sound like the band really pushing themselves forward and for the most part the best songs are higher highs imo.

 

I usually don’t participate in rankings, but if I did Pink Rabbits would be top 5. It took my a long time, and a few failed attempts to get into the National, and that was the first song that clicked!

 

I don't think I can rank individual songs, and I'm not sure I have one clear song that is a favorite, but "Pink Rabbits" is way up there near the top.

Aside from "Rylan" - which has pretty much been consistently stuck in my head since I first heard it played live - the song that is sticking with me the most from IAETF is "Hairpin Turns". Its not the most immediately affecting song when I listen to the album - that would probably be "Where Is Her Head" - but it's the one I really can't shake afterwards.

 

one more take on this album. it's long but I tend to ramble about this band, apologies

Review: The National - I Am Easy to Find | Sputnikmusic

 

I’ve been calling Guilty Party my favorite song by then basically since SWB dropped, but there are multiple on IAETF gunning for that title now.

Faves by album:
Sad Songs: Cardinal Song
Aligator: Secret Meeting
Boxer: Fake Empire
High Violet: Terrible Love
Trouble Will Find Me: Don’t Swallow The Cap
Sleep Well Beast: Guilty Party
I Am East to Find: Where Is Her Head
Non-album: Sleep All Summer w/ St. Vincent

 

Boxer (“Slow Show”)
Alligator (“Abel”)
Sleep Well Beast (“Born to Beg”)
High Violet (“Bloodbuzz Ohio”)
Trouble Will Find Me (“I Should Live in Salt”)
I Am Easy to Find (“Light Years”)
Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers (“Murder Me Rachael”)
The National (“American Mary”)

 

I see that you really like their openers lol

agreed that Cardinal Song is a straight classic

 

Love reading your reviews. Thanks for leaving it long and so insightful!

 

thank you! I am losing it for this album like I haven't in possibly a year or more lol

 

This is all I want to listen to right now.

So good.

I agree with @Jason Tate that this will be better in the fall/winter though.

I’m looking forward to some somber summer nights on the porch with this though.

 

I’ve listened to “Not in Kansas” every time I’ve gotten in the car this weekend

This album is incredible

It’s also been raining and sub 40 degrees this weekend here in the Twin Cities (what the fuck) which has been perfect listening conditions for this

 

They really know how to open an album. I considered I Should Live in Salt for TWFM and Nobody Else Will Be There is my second favorite from SWB. IAETF is honestly their first album where the opener isn’t top 2-3 track on the album imo.

 

They really really really give me that R.E.M. feeling on this one at times

 

Currently en route to Indiana from Massachusetts with the girlfriend because she’s moving there for work for the next three months (and I’m returning to MA tomorrow), and listening to this in the car last night on the first half of the journey was even more special than I had hoped. The Pull Of You killed me.

 

Between you and me, I still fall apart at the thought of your voice

 

I’m still waiting for you every night with ticker tape

 

Oh boy this is off the cuff, gut reaction. Best songs from each album (nixing S/T):

Sad Songs - 90-Mile Water Wall
Alligator - City Middle
Boxer - Ada
High Violet - Lemonworld
Trouble Will Find Me - Pink Rabbits
Sleep Well Beast - Guilty Party
I Am Easy To Find - Not In Kansas

Only one I’m not too confident about is for IAETF, I’ve only listened about three times through but that’s gonna change today.

 

Boxer
TWFM
Alligator
IAETF
SWB
HV
SSFDL
S/T