release date: Jul. 20, 2004
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,46]
producer: Peter Katis, Nick Lloyd, Padma Newsome, The National
label: Brassland Records - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "Wasp Nest" - 2. "All the Wine" - 4. "Cherry Tree" - 5. "About Today"
3rd studio release by The National is an ep once again released on Brassland and made with producer Nick Lloyd and now also with Peter Katis and Padma Newsome.
Stylistically, the band has changed a bit to be more rock-oriented as indie rock / indie pop and made the arrangements more simple with the addition of a bolder use of strings, which adds elements of chamber pop to the picture, thus making this the band's most interesting release so far, and also solidifying the band as an original sounding act.
