7.3
Avg Score
9
Opinions
#20,693
All Time
11
Tracks
““I go in and out of phases of exhaustion, dejection and despair, but not in the way that some people do,” The National frontman Matt Berninger told NME in 2020 when discussing what shaped his stately debut solo album ‘Serpentine Prison‘. “You can get so lost inside the weight of all of it.” Berninger found himself at sea in the years that followed, battling depression and writer’s block. With his”
“The band’s ninth album is their most emotionally resonant in years”
“First Two Pages of Frankenstein is by no means subversive – but it’s worth at least keeping on the bookshelf for whenever you, too, feel lost.”
“The National complete a triumphant ascension with First Two Pages of Frankenstein”
“Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers appear on the Brooklyn indie-rock band's first album in four years.”
“With help from Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, and Sufjan Stevens, the National return with their gentlest album yet: a collection of airy, tender gestures.”
