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“But I sat at the piano

they turned in 1979's Deguello

she sounds as at home on the big band soul-jazz of "Between The Lines" as on the more melancholic "Nightlite" and also labelmate and fellow Brightonian FINK

the fastest wordsmith in the West Wing

National. The AwaitingStock “But I sat at theThe National are five displaced Ohioans living in New York two sets of brothers and one best friend. They play smart, naked, and bracing rock music. No Depression said, "The National has created nearly a dozen picture perfect Americana bar soaked gems with its debut album." Creative Loafing described it as a "merciless hybrid of plaintive American folk with the mordant gallows humor of Nick Cave and Jarvis Cocker." "Full of simple songs that convey