{"id":654,"date":"2008-09-24T22:01:07","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T22:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=654"},"modified":"2008-09-24T22:01:07","modified_gmt":"2008-09-24T22:01:07","slug":"the-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/the-national\/","title":{"rendered":"the national"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/24\/thenationalboxer02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Thenationalboxer02\" alt=\"Thenationalboxer02\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/24\/thenationalboxer02.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NBujZr20O6M&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>A friend of mine asked me if I liked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanmary.com\/music\/\">these guys<\/a> a while ago and I finally had some time to explore their tunes.&nbsp; Their song Fake Empire really resonated with me.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/thephoenix.com\/\/Boston\/Music\/42046-NATIONAL-BOXER\/\">review<\/a> reads, &quot;The rhythm section puts some momentum behind the deep, dark, mumbled impressions of \u201cFake Empire,\u201d and then the twin guitars of Aaron and Brice Dessner fire off a distorted salvo to offset a punchy horn arrangement. That tension between joy and despair plus Matt Berninger\u2019s distinctive delivery \u2014 the gently laconic half-muttered croon of a melancholy manchild with a saber-sharp tongue \u2014 have made Brooklyn\u2019s the National a highly regarded sleeper.&quot; -Matt Ashare<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"COLOR: #cc0000\"><strong><span style=\"COLOR: #339900\">Like discovering tunes that not everyone knows about?&nbsp; Simply <\/span><span style=\"COLOR: #333366\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/05\/get_catching_fi.html\"><span style=\"COLOR: #339900\">subscribe to this blog<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"COLOR: #339900\"> and we&#8217;ll email you our latest and greatest finds. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"COLOR: #cc0000\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/the-national\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/the-national\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine asked me if I liked these guys a while ago and I finally had some time to explore their tunes.&nbsp; Their song Fake Empire really resonated with me. 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