Boxer is the fourth studio album by Brooklyn-based indie rock The National. The National were worried that they wouldn't be able to follow up Alligator, that fans would be disappointed. Boxer proves their fears ungrounded - and that Alligator was no one classic wonder. It gathers momentum slowly, making for a brew so quietly potent and pulsating with repressed energy you're almost afraid to leave the room while it's playing in case it explodes messily all over the walls. The core of the album lies in a cluster of gorgeously restrained, piercingly evocative pieces built mostly from acoustic instruments.Tracklist:
1. Fake Empire
2. Mistaken For Strangers
3. Brainy
4. Squalor Victoria
5. Green Gloves
6. Slow Show
7. Apartament Story
8. Start a War
9. Guest Room
10. Racing Like a Pro
11. Ada
12. Gospel
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