{"id":10499,"date":"2013-08-12T10:51:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T17:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=10499"},"modified":"2013-08-12T10:51:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T17:51:52","slug":"the-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/08\/the-national\/","title":{"rendered":"THE NATIONAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><b><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10500\" alt=\"the-national-M-Review-No27\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/the-national-M-Review-No27.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/the-national-M-Review-No27.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/the-national-M-Review-No27-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>THE NATIONAL<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><b><i>Trouble Will Find Me<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>[4AD]<\/p>\n<p>Though the National is often described as \u201cworld-weary,\u201d \u201cworld-wary\u201d may be more accurate. On five previous albums, the Brooklyn-based band crafted increasingly sophisticated songs populated by characters that live in their own heads, reluctant to engage as they parse the secret angst and uncertainty of evolving adulthood. The group\u2019s latest is a stunning refinement of the form\u2014a search for self set to elegant music from a band that is more self-assured than ever. There\u2019s an underlying melancholy in the lyrics of frontman Matt Berninger, whose mournful baritone complements the often-powerful arrangements. Bryan Devendorf\u2019s drumming propels \u201cDon\u2019t Swallow the Cap\u201d and \u201cDemons,\u201d while big guitars cut through \u201cSea of Love.\u201d On opener \u201cI Should Live in Salt,\u201d a little musical stutter accentuates the lush blend of guitar and keyboards. Elsewhere, guest spots from St. Vincent, Sufjan Stevens and Sharon Van Etten help flesh out the National\u2019s best album so far. \u2013Eric R. Danton<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE NATIONAL Trouble Will Find Me [4AD] Though the National is often described as \u201cworld-weary,\u201d \u201cworld-wary\u201d may be more accurate. On five previous albums, the Brooklyn-based band crafted increasingly sophisticated songs populated by characters that live in their own heads, reluctant to engage as they parse the secret angst and uncertainty of evolving adulthood. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[3087,196,6875,6970,6971],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10499"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10502,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10499\/revisions\/10502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}