“Fake Empire” – The National – Boxer
This song makes a sneaky transition from stark and somber to lush and hopeful, building to a soaring, layered, Sufjan-like climax (Stevens actually plays piano on a couple of the songs on Boxer). There’s a lot of the slow-build thing on Boxer; if you like this track, you’ll probably like the whole thing.
2 comments:
I LOVE this song. Hadn’t caught the video before. Pretty cool and pretty strange at times.
Sad I missed these guys both times they came through Seattle in 2007.
Actually, the video is cited as "unofficial" on the YouTube page. I believe it's just a fan vid!
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