Blog: I Hope Your Ears Bleed

Earlier this year The National released their follow up to Paste Magazine's Best Album of 2007 ( Boxer ) with an album that is slowly climbing it's way up my list of favorites for the year. High Violet was definitely a slow burner for me.  I was pretty disappointed with the album all summer, probably because I kept trying to compare it to their previous albums. But once fall came around I fell head over heels for this record. I don't know if it was just a matter of time or if it's more of a fall/winter record, [...]

• The National - Terrible Love