The National "The National" (20th Anniversary) 2025-09-19 the fuzztone sneer of a

the fuzztone sneer of a thousand teenage garage bands

the album hovers in the liminal space between raw punk power and experimental studio science

You can hear the band start to fall off the cliff

But people are bringing so much of themselves to these shows

The National "The National" (20th Anniversary) 2025-09-19 the fuzztone sneer of aCelebrating its 20th anniversary in 2021, The Nationals self titled debut album of sozzled Americana is a thing of beauty, laden with heavy hints that this was a special band in the making. Their first release, The National arrived two years after The National formed, a time when they were juggling bandlife with needing to hold down full time jobs. And while nods to the alt. rock artists that inspired them (Pavement, Silver Jews) can be heard, so too