The National: High Violet – TNT album review
The fifth album from Brooklyn quintet The National won’t come as any surprise to listeners who have heard any or all of their previous four.
The songs remain more about extended verses than big choruses; Matt Berninger’s vocals still don’t get far above middle C; and the band continue to deal in shades of grey rather than primary colours.
Most of it is reliably good, but the formula was more effective on previous album Boxer.
3/5