Boxer

This album has been added to 4 public lists:

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  2007

  James

  2005’s brash Alligator should have announced a new critical darling to the indie-rock scene, but for some reason it took many critics until Boxer to catch up with the band. Calling Alligator a “grower”, as many have, is absurd - a completely revisionist excuse for missing the boat. I’ve hardly been smacked harder in the face on first listen by an album than I was the first time I heard the rolling chords of “Secret Meeting”. If anything, Boxer is the grower of the two. Far less immediate than it’s more macho (and at times comically egotistical) predecessor, Boxer revels in its gauzy, impossibly rhythmic arrangements and the red wine buzz of Matt Berninger’s aristocratic baritone. If Craig Finn has become the street-poet laureate for those with blue collars and a soft spot for their wild, youthful nights, on Boxer Berninger is at least his white collar equivalent for those in their early 30s growing tired of balancing a day job and a nightlife.

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  Albums that take me to a specific time and place

  Patrick

  I had a small office in an old blind factory in Hoboken. When I was alone (which was most of the time there), I'd try to play along with albums on the piano and nothing was on a heavier rotation than Boxer.

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  All Time Favorites

  Ken
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  Super Repeaters

  Patrick