Wednesday, 20 August 2008The Nacional on art goes pop records Artist: NACIONAL TELEPHONE / YORKSHIRE Label: art goes pop Country of Origin: United Kingdom (UK) Quantity Pressed: 300 Release Date: 18th Aug 2008 The Nacional are the standard 5 piece band, they're not using any gimmicks... they aren't riding on the latest combination of genres, the latest technology. But that's what makes it even harder to figure out why it's working so well. What's the difference between all the rock bands out there and bands like the Nacional. I can say it sounds classic, but they're using what's always worked, drums guitar and bass...so it's the songwriting, the lyrics and way they're delivered. For example, the A side 'Telephone' has an urgency that is held together by this great continuous bassline with stops and starts from the guitars... they don't stick to the crafted catchy rhythms which would be too easy to just repeat, instead they change, adding or subtracting previous directions just enough to bring something new to the chorus. 'Yorkshire' opens a little quieter at first, but soon a quick strumming turns into another dance-rock number. The drums have this huge booming room sound that I love. On this side the a mother is mentioned again and that makes me think this is some kind of conceptual single about a very specific narrative...maybe we'll find out in the full length. Both sides are catchy, optimistic and danceable, in that way that poprock like this should always be. This is just the plain good songwriting and expert instrumentation that bands like the Smiths were made of. It's a shame there's only 300 of these being pressed....I suppose that's standard for a new band like this...but that seems awfully low on the strength of both of these sides. Labels: art goes pop, nacional
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