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Alligator is generally regarded as their best, yes. Time will tell if Boxer's popularity eclipses it. And yeah I def. agree Alligator is much much more uptempo than Boxer. Anywho, start with Alligator, one of my favorite albums period, and if you enjoy that check out Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers and the Cherry Tree EP. Sad Songs is pretty great top to bottom, and Cherry Tree is a more relaxed, acoustic affair witht he song "About Today" being one of my favorite songs they've recorded. And if you stilll really like those, the s/t ain't bad either, but all their subsequent albums have been vas

Start a War is great. Puts me in quite the melancholy mood. "Whatever went away I'll get it over again. I'll get money, I'll get funny again..." And Apartment Story is just amazing. And Fake Empire has been in my head for a week Damn, I love these guys.

If anyone says Dave Fridmann I'll carve their heart out with a spoon.

I used to have this problem as well. I'm a student at college and since September I've been employed as a bus driver part-time. I usually listen to albums straight through while walking around campus to class and when I'm on the job I can use a personal radio, so I bring along the Ipod speakers and get another 15 hours a week to just chill, drive around and listen to music. So basically I guess I'm lucky I found a way to escape music ADHD

Elliott Smith, Isaac Brock, Jeff Tweedy

Which is why I usually skip it

Bryan Devendorf = amazing on drums. His stuff on Alligator is incredible, but he's amazing on this too. This is def not Alligator pt. 2, and although I'm digging it so far, I think it is going to take a while to find out if I love it just as much as Alligator. The National make records that creep up on you.

Hell yeah!

I am only on my second listen, but it sounds pretty awesome I seriously love these guys, I must have listened to Alligator and Sad Songs like 10 times this week in anticipation of this leak. It's definitely a more mellow affair than Alligator and not much besides Fake Empire and Mistaken for Strangers stuck out at my on the first listen, but the best National songs reveal themselves in time, so I hope that is the case on Boxer as well.

I love it, I love all things Ted Leo. The man can do no wrong in my eyes.

Same on both both counts. Here is an awesome video of About Today in the meantime: http://mathieu.saura.free.fr/site/nuit/fil...TTODAYlo600.mov

Dude, album's been leaked for a few hours.

Damn, no New England dates Just saw them in December but I'd see them again in a heartbeat.

Quick, name some non-epic length MM albums.

Very true. I really love it.

Yeah not the most thrilling band live, but I saw them play with the New Pornos and I had a really good time. It was on the Life Pursuit tour, and I think that album definitely lends to more dancing and general upbeatness. Plus my good friend Jose Cuervo accompanied me, so how could I have gone wrong?

The percussion on all of their songs is always sooo good. And yeah, Mistaken for Strangers is out there as a pretty crappy radio rip. I'm calling it: Boxer = Album of the Year!

Hey, still better than Either Way or What Light.

Or you lack "proper vintage" and still suck because you don't like it. Duuuuuhh.

Sounds like Isaac being Isaac. I know he's always been a little out there but I hope he hasn't gone too far off the deep end. But anyway, hooray for Lupo's in Providence, general admission tix

Pretty much sums up Sparklehorse and why I love them

It's not that they're direct, they are overly sentimental, simplistic and come off as contrived. Very cheesy, especially the "hey everyone, JUST SMILE and keep on keepin' on, you got this LIGHT thing inside of ya!" type message. Can't say I saw Jeff writing this song after what we got with YHF.

such a great album. Somedaaaaaay, I will treat you good!

Usually advil and tums before bed cancels out any potential hangover for me, but the roommate and I usually start off Sunday mornings with the song of the same name by VU.