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#1 The National LightsThe Dead Will Walk, Dear (Bloodshake Records) #2 Okkervil RiverThe Stage Names (Jagjaguwar) #3/"> King Khan & The ShrinesWhat Is?! (Hazelwood) #4 Sir Richard BishopWhile My Guitar Violently Bleeds (Locust Music) #5 The Twilight SadFourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters (FatCat Records) #6 The Besnard LakesAre the Dark Horse (Jagjaguwar) #7 Andrew BirdArmchair Apocrypha (Fat Possum) #8 PeelPeel (Peek-a-boo) #9 ... MORE
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One of my favorite records so far this year has been The Dead Will Walk, Dear by The National Lights. Has anyone else been enjoying it? I was surprised to see how few listeners they have on Last.fm. The music is bright and summer-y. But the lyrics? Murder ballads.
Here's part of "Better For It, Kid"
Let me cover you up in my button flannel shirtYour skin's so cold without a skirt on Let me cut your cheek and catch the blood before it falls'Cause it'll dirty up your f... MORE
Here's part of "Better For It, Kid"
Let me cover you up in my button flannel shirtYour skin's so cold without a skirt on Let me cut your cheek and catch the blood before it falls'Cause it'll dirty up your f... MORE
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Creepy but really beautiful, this debut album by a band from somewhere in Virginia spins lurid gothic images into soft, countrified textures of guitar, banjo and voice (no drums at all). Here's a little from my Dusted review which ran a while ago, but I just saw on the web: "The combination – of pretty serenity and murderousness – is disturbing. It's a little off-putting. But it's also the key to why the album works. Without that frisson, The Dead Will Walk, Dear would ... MORE
