Due to an administrative error, I was asked to review The National's new album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein. I love The National, though I am aware that there is something uncool about that, something to do with being less than young, or male, or serious. These things are not crimes, though they are definitely out of fashion. But still. I love them.…
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