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The National's Boxer
The National - Book - by Ryan Pinkard
(2022)
For
fans, Boxer is a profound personal meditation. Life decisions have been
based on it. Relationships have been created and dissolved by it.
For
the band that recorded it, Boxer symbolizes a do-or-die moment; a
final, give-it-everything-you've-got effort to make it work. Released in
May 2007, The National's fourth full-length is the album that saved
them. It's where the Ohio-via-Brooklyn five-piece found the sound,
success, and spiritual growth to become one of the most critically
acclaimed bands of their time.
Obsessively
researched and featuring intimate interviews with the fighters who were
there in the ring, Ryan Pinkard captures a transformative chapter in
The National's story, revealing how their breakthrough album is deeply
intertwined with their personal lives, the New York indie rock
renaissance of the early aughts, and a generational experience in
America.