SE 5, EP 6: The National - Boxer

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode, we dig into the the forth album by the band the National, 2007's Boxer. The National is a band, literally, of brothers (two pairs) and a friend all from Ohio that formed after all parties moved to New York. From the get go, the band's music leaned heavily on and atmospheric and stood out due to the deep baritone vocals of lead singer and lyricist Matt Berninger. After slowly but steadily building up a following, Boxer, their second album on the Beggar's Banquet label, was the band's breakthrough LP. Its full of melancholy songs about relationships and existential struggles about being an adult. The album received widespread critical acclaim, and was included in many end of year "Best Of" lists for 2007, topping several of them, and is often mentioned as one of the best album of the 2010s. Visit us at

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SE 5, EP 6: The National - Boxer is an episode from This is Vinyl Tap by This Is Vinyl Tap.

This episode is 118:17 long.

This episode was published on Feb 21, 2025.

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