Reviews4 stars out of 5 -- "They might shake, they might tremble, but The National remain a safe pair of hands.", "Berninger has a gift for giving otherwise banal phrases spiritual heft, as on the awesome 'Graceless'...", "The power’s in the poetics, and Berninger concocts some truly heart-wrenching images this time around.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "'I Need My Girl' is compact urgency with a dusky guitar figure that's actually a little country....The National are letting light and air into their shadows."
Additional InformationThe follow-up to 2010's High Violet seeks refuge in the arms of old friends and lovers, and finds none.