2010 studio album by The National. High Violet's 11 tracks were recorded at the band's own studio in Brooklyn, with further recording and mixing at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut with Peter Katis. 'Bloodbuzz Ohio' is the first single from the album. 11 tracks.
Wanna make someone really happy this Christmas You've come to the right place. This is the re-release of Brooklyn post-punk five-piece The National's...
Jamie O'Meara - 02/Dec/2010
Wanna make someone really happy this Christmas You've come to the right place. This is the re-release of Brooklyn post-punk five-piece The National's...
David Coleman - 30/Jul/2010
I didn’t connect with The National’s 2007 breakthrough Boxer at the first time of asking. It wasn’t until I revisited the album after its strong showi...
Matt Medlock - 15/Jul/2010
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Mike Greenhaus - 13/Jul/2010
If The National’s slow, steady rise through the indie underground doesn’t disprove Neil Young’s declaration that “it’s better to burn out than to fade...
DOUG FREEMAN - 01/Jul/2010
Marking its third stellar offering, following 2005 breakout Alligator and 2007's Boxer, the National's fifth album continues to perfect misery as an a...
John Paul Mason - 17/Jun/2010
To some, High Violet may be considered the “difficult second album” by US troubadours The National as the 2007 album Boxer was most people’s introduct...
Todd Totale - 09/Jun/2010
I didn?t think a band was supposed to work this way in these times: follow up the most successful album of your career with one that could potentially...
Adam Chapman - 08/Jun/2010
The National may well be the biggest small band in the world right now.Fewer acts can demand the adulation bestowed upon them after a decade of growin...
Jason Lipshutz - 01/Jun/2010
Brooding Brooklyn indie-rock band the National arrives at its fifth studio album, "High Violet," in a precarious position. Because 2007 breakthrough s...