So yeah..I'm a little late on this...but it was such a good show!It's almost impossible to go to a bad National show. Made up of classicaly trained musicians and seasoned veterans, The National have the live equation solved, bringing their raw emotion and vulnerable passion to the stage. Vocalist Matt Berninger has been known to garner a bit of stage fright and his anxious, aggresive reaction always brings an added excitement to the show -whether he has his head snapped back, drinking the microphone as he yelps "squ
alor Victoria, squalor Victoria!" or when he pulls an impromtu jump to the balcony of Bowery, hanging by his arm and keeping his vocal composure, as he did tonight. Biggest crowd-pleasers of the night were "Abel", "Secret Meeting" and the fresh "Fake Empire." "Mr. November" proved to be the most entertaining number, raising the nervous energery an extra notch and consequantly, getting the crowd all riled up....which led to Matt's stage diving. There was a 6th member to the team tonight -a violinist who stroked his strings with a Jimi Hendrix type ferocity. He was fun to watch -he must be at least 40 yrs. old but you wouldn't have known it. But in the end it's not the showmanship that assures a great National show but the fact that each member is a master of his instrument(s).
Go out and buy these albums!!! : 
www.americanmary.com
No comments:
Post a Comment