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- Summary: The seventh full-length studio release for the indie rock band was produced by band member Aaron Dessner with co-production by Bryce Dessner and Matt Berninger.
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- Record Label: 4AD
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Guilty Party | |
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You're sleeping night and day How'd you do it Me I am wide awake Feeling defeated I say your name I say I'm sorry I know it's not working I'm no... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 34 out of 35
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Mixed: 1 out of 35
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Negative: 0 out of 35
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Sep 6, 2017Those invested in the band’s slow-motion refinement of simmering melancholy will find that they’ve discovered yet more fresh nuance to that sound, as they seem to every time.
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Sep 8, 2017Every member of this band is wholly present and firing on all cylinders here.
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Sep 6, 2017Aat large, the album is a quiet predator.
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Aug 31, 2017These soft, slow songs are surrounded by cuts where the darkness opens up slightly but significantly. It's enough to make Sleep Well Beast feel like a dramatic departure in the close quarters of the National's discography.
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Sep 7, 2017For most veteran bands, the beast is complacency. The National slays it here and stays on top of the rock world in the process.
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Sep 21, 2017Sleep Well Beast is an album that rewards repeat listens and unfurls its beauty slowly over time: The National have yet again made an album that’s as brilliant as it is ambitious.
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Sep 7, 2017Sleep Well Beast, like all The National’s albums, occupies troubled territory. These are songs about the fleeting impermanence of joy, compared to the lingering bruise of despair, and how hard it is to live in this unfairly weighted emotional space. It’s a struggle embodied in Matt Berninger’s enervated, murmurous baritone.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 17
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Mixed: 0 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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Sep 9, 2017
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Aug 6, 2018
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Oct 28, 2017
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