An Observation: It’s only April, and the album of the year race has already been narrowed to two, and I have no idea which will win. All I know is that I can’t stop listening to both, neither of which has been officially released: The National’s Boxer and Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky. No surprises there, but how wonderful that we have two bands doing this caliber of work right now. Almost makes up for all the pointless VW-commerical indie rock.
Wish I liked the National disc as much as you. It’s good, but I don’t see it being at the top of my list. The Wilco disc, on the other hand, is spectacular.