Lil' Pud knows what the fuck she's talking about- weekly.

With careful reference to "High Violet" from Brooklyn based band - The National.

You may be wondering why I should be reviewing music for Zero Review. Well my credentials are pretty varied. I learned how to play "Hot Cross Buns” on the recorder in second grade, so obviously I am musically inclined and pretty talented. I can still bang out a pretty mean “Hot Cross Buns” on those plastic wind instruments. Don’t get me started on “Mary Had a Little Lamb” on the keyboard. Fucking amazing stuff! I’ve seen The Last Waltz four or five times so I know what goes on behind the scenes too. I’ve also seen Mr. Holland’s Opus. Music does change lives. Anyway, besides all that I’ve read a few A.A. Gill articles in The Times, I guess you could say I’m pretty much a journo. I just finished the first year of my Arts degree, I know a lot about a about a lot of shite. If someone was to say I didn’t know what the fuck I was talking about- I’d have to point out that THEY didn’t know what the fuck THEY were talking about. I’m like a black, female Lester Bangs, biotch.

I enjoyed "High Violet" by The National, however something was niggling me as I listened to it, I just could not figure out what it was. Until… I realized that a certain gobshite in town would LOVE this mid-tempo stuff. You shouldn’t hate a band for purely personal reasons but I’ve always beefed with bands, it’s just how I am. The only local band I’ve never beefed with is Japs Eye Drops. I’ll beef with every other bands till the day I die, fuck’em. Anyway, all the members of the band seem to have half grown beards. I say make up your minds assholes. Go the whole hog or shave that shit off. Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner seem to have a musical partnership based on enabling each other to be depressing bastards. This is not a criticism it’s a fact. My opinion is to take this bitch for a twirl.

8/10

Black Puddin' (AKA lil' pud)