Review: The National's 'First Two Pages Of Frankenstein' – Rolling Stone
Review: The National's 'First Two Pages Of Frankenstein'
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Review: The National's 'First Two Pages Of Frankenstein'
With help from Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, and Sufjan Stevens, the National return with their gentlest album yet: a collection of airy, tender gestures.
The National create a deeply absorbing world from the swirls and abstractions of an interior monologue on The First Two Pages of Frankenstein.
How can you tell you’re washed when so much of your greatest music is about being washed? It’s a question that has lingered around the National as long as they’ve been famous. Ever since taking “another un-innocent, elegant fall into the un-magnificent lives of adults” on 2007 breakthrough Boxer, the Brooklyn-founded band of Cincinnati natives has been giving off sad-dad vibes, turning middle-aged neuroses into tastefully morose bangers, ballads, and anthems. You know the drill: Over contemplative, sometimes cathartic big-budget indie rock, lanky baritone Matt Ber...
Amidst creative troubles and an uncertain future, the indie-rock stalwarts find salvation on new album ‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’