FLOODLIGHTS - Underneath LP stoner The National's other pair of

The National's other pair of brothers

Catchy songs

a lot like a rickety old wooden roller coaster in that I felt compelled to get on and start it all over again immediately

it's a new mix

FLOODLIGHTS - Underneath LP stoner The National's other pair ofWe hear influences spanning Nick Cave, The Killers, and a lot of jangling post punk. Underneath is easily their most expansive work to date, with some heavy Springsteen worship in the horns from Sarah Hellyer and its sweeping scale, with John Congleton of all people mixing! Another strength of Floodlights is their conscious political edge, although Underneath is more questioning and introspective, full of water metaphors at being caught within the sea