Trouble Will Find Me: Difference between revisions

| name = Trouble Will Find Me

| type = studio

| cover = Trouble Will Find Me.jpg

| released = May 17, 2013

| recorded = September 2012 – February 2013

| studio = {{ubl|Clubhouse Recording Studios ([[Rhinebeck (town), New York|Rhinebeck, New York]])|[[Aaron Dessner]]'s Garage (Brooklyn, New York)|[[Dreamland Recording Studios]] ([[West Hurley, New York]])|Kickstand (Los Angeles, California)|Michelberger Hotel (Berlin)}}

| genre =

* [[post-punk revival]]

| length = 55:06

| label = [[4AD]]

}}

 

 

 

The album received widespread critical acclaim upon its release. ''Trouble Will Find Me'' reached number three on both the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and the [[UK Albums Chart]]. The album was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Music Album]] at the [[56th Annual Grammy Awards]].

 

==Recording==

 

The band subsequently relocated to [[Dreamland Recording Studios]] - located within a converted 19th century church, in [[West Hurley, New York]] - to record the track, "Fireproof", entirely live.<ref name="PitchforkInterview"/> Inspired by the session, the band returned to Clubhouse and recorded both "[[Sea of Love (The National song)|Sea of Love]]" and "Heavenfaced" as one-take live performances. Recording at Clubhouse, however, was once again derailed by [[Hurricane Sandy]], with Aaron Dessner stating, "I drove back into the city because I was worried about my family and the potential flooding, and got stuck there for four days."<ref name="PitchforkInterview"/>

 

The lyrics to the album's opening track, "I Should Live in Salt", are directed towards Matt Berninger's brother, Tom, who directed the forthcoming band documentary, ''Mistaken for Strangers'' (2013).<ref name="PitchforkInterview"/> Berninger stated that he enjoyed the writing process for ''Trouble Will Find Me'' noting, "In the past, it’s been hard to enjoy writing - like getting drops of blood from your forehead - but I loved the process for this record. I think a lot of it was because I wasn't worried - I didn't care what the songs were going to be about, or if they were going to seem depressing, or cool, or whatever."<ref name="PitchforkInterview"/>

 

==Promotion==

In ''[[American Songwriter]]'', Jim Beviglia wrote that "progress may not be the right word", but "sustained brilliance is a pretty good alternative."<ref name=mc/> James Christopher Monger of [[AllMusic]] stated that "for better or for worse, they perfected their sound the last time around, so it’s hard to fault them for sticking so close to the fire."<ref name=am /> In a mixed review, ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' stated that "for a band who sing so often about matters of the heart and emotional connection, much of ''Trouble Will Find Me'' sounds oddly on autopilot."<ref name="Qmagazine">{{cite journal |title=The National: ''Trouble Will Find Me'' |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=323 |date=June 2013 |page=106}}</ref> Jesse Cataldo of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' found that while the album "remains well crafted and satisfying, there's something inherently stultifying about it as well."<ref name="slant">{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-national-trouble-will-find-me |title=The National: Trouble Will Find Me |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=May 17, 2013 |access-date=May 22, 2013 |last=Cataldo |first=Jesse}}</ref>

 

 

===Commercial performance===

| length2 = 3:32

| title3 = [[Don't Swallow the Cap]]

| length3 = 4:46

| title4 = Fireproof

| length5 = 3:41

| title6 = Heavenfaced

| length6 = 4:23

| title7 = This Is the Last Time

| length7 = 4:43

| title8 = Graceless

| length10 = 4:05

| title11 = Humiliation

| length11 = 5:01

| title12 = Pink Rabbits

| length12 = 4:36

| title13 = Hard to Find

| length13 = 4:13

}}

| headline = Japanese CD

| title14 = Learning

| length14 = 2:59

}}

 

==Certifications==

 

==Release history==

| May 22, 2013

|}

 

==References==