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The National's Boxer

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The National's Boxer

Contributors:

By (Author) Ryan Pinkard

ISBN:

9781501378010

Series:
Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Bloomsbury Academic USA

Publication Date:

14th July 2022

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Music reviews and criticism

Dewey:

782.4216609222

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

200

Dimensions:

Width 121mm, Height 165mm

Description

Pinkards account... brings to light the ambition and artistry, the stress and frustration, and ultimately the joy of making this very special album."Peter Katis, The Nationals engineer, and mixer on Boxer I am spooked by how well [Pinkard] has captured these characters and this madcap project. I am not sure how he did it. Carin Besser, co-lyricist on Boxer and wife to Matt Berninger Accessible, perceptive, sometimes hilarious, but more often harrowing, Pinkards book gets a running start on its subject, tracing The Nationals trajectory from their first notes together to the creation of Boxer. Stephen M. Deusner, music critic and author We all know the Boxer. The fighter who remembers every glove but still remains. That grisly, bruised American allegory who somehow gets up more times than hes knocked down. This is the fight that nearly broke The National. The one that allowed them to become champions. Released in 2007, The Nationals fourth full-length album is the one that saved them. For fans, Boxer is a profound personal meditation on the unmagnificent lives of adults, an elegant culmination of their sophisticated songwriting, and the first National album many fell in love with. For the band, Boxer symbolizes an obsession, a years-long struggle, a love story, a final give-it-everything-youve-got effort to keep their fantasy of being a real rock band alive. Based on extensive original interviews with the fighters who were in the ring and the spectators who witnessed it unfold, Ryan Pinkard obsessively reconstructs a transformative chapter in The Nationals story, revealing how the Ohio-via-Brooklyn five-piece found the sound, success, and spiritual growth to evolve into one of the most critically acclaimed bands of their time.

Reviews

Pinkards account... brings to light the ambition and artistry, the stress and frustration, and ultimately the joy of making this very special album. * Peter Katis, The National's engineer, and mixer on Boxer *
I am spooked by how well [Pinkard] has captured these characters and this madcap project. I am not sure how he did it. * Carin Besser, co-lyricist on Boxer and wife to Matt Berninger *
Accessible, perceptive, sometimes hilarious, but more often harrowing, Pinkards book gets a running start on its subject, tracing The Nationals trajectory from their first notes together to the creation of Boxer. * Stephen M. Deusner, music critic and author *

Author Bio

Ryan Pinkard is a writer, editor, and record collector from Colorado.

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