NATIONAL - Alligator LP drone Little Ugly Girls have made

Little Ugly Girls have made semi-regular live reappearances

Rick created "Heaven Was Blue" for himself

Titles such as "What If Birds Aren’t Singing They’re Screaming" and "Swell Does the Skull" (featuring Perfume Genius) evince the best kind of gothic bent

Planning For Burial has been a solo endeavor

NATIONAL - Alligator LP drone Little Ugly Girls have madeIn the story of The National it is generally understood that 2007s Boxer was their breakthrough LP. While that was undoubtedly a big moment for the group, this narrative does something of a disservice to the bands preceding record Alligator, an album which has shifted an impressive amount of units and placed high on many Best of 2005 polls. Its more than deserving of a re press, which it now gets courtesy of Beggars Banquet. As for what Alligator