National, The- The Virginia EP Vinyl Record
The National's The Virginia EP collects five songs that didn't make Boxer — which is to say, five songs better than most bands' best work. Released in 2008 on Beggars Banquet, this EP showcases the band's gift for turning Matt Berninger's baritone confessionals into arrangements of patient, building intensity that linger long after the music stops.
"You've Done It Again, Virginia" is quintessential National — a slow-burning meditation on inadequacy that builds to a gorgeous, strings-laced crescendo. "Tall Saint" and "Without Permission" carry the same late-night emotional weight as the best Boxer tracks, while "Santa Clara" finds the band in a looser, more experimental mode. For fans who consider Boxer among the great albums of the 2000s, this EP is the essential companion piece.
Tracklist:
1. You've Done It Again, Virginia
2. Tall Saint
3. Santa Clara
4. Without Permission
5. Blank Slate
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National, The- The Virginia EP Vinyl Record
