10 мая 2010 г. · Returning with a slightly darker and more ornate sound, the National remain masters of widescreen, emotionally engaging rock.

8 мая 2020 г. · It was like a bright, simmering storm of an album, with more allowances for catharsis than on Boxer but still guided by artier songwriting and ...

3 июн. 2020 г. · High Violet reached No 5 in the UK charts and No 3 in the US despite being a murky, often claustrophobic record without any hits. The shadowy ...

Оценка 84 % (37) High Violet is a fine album, a very, very solid effort that contains some marvelous storytelling and near perfect execution. There are no faults to speak of. ...

19 янв. 2016 г. · It is very dense and deeply powerful. Each new instrument, vocal, and drone layers perfectly right on top of the other. It's a song, though ...

6 мая 2010 г. · Crafted from humming guitars, tinkling pianos, militaristic drumming and occasional orchestration, their fifth album is beautifully subtle and grows in power ...

30 июл. 2010 г. · A languid rocker with a typically precise rhythm, it pitches for atmospheric but comes off unfinished and even a little, dare I say, pedestrian.

2 дек. 2022 г. · An album immersed in anxiety, relationship difficulties, disconnection from home and the belief that all is not right in the world can be beautiful.

Оценка 8/10 · Michael Bonner 10 июл. 2020 г. · Bryan Devendorf's drumming is outstanding: from the almost unaccompanied 20-second intro of “Bloodbuzz Ohio” to the sustained tension he brings ...

Оценка 4,0 (1) 7 мая 2010 г. · 'High Violet' is about to entice a whole new batch. Darker and more introspectively brooding than ever, in places it's the most immediate National effort.