Some bands you just have to get into in your own time without any outside influence. The stuff I'm most into hasn't been rammed down my throat. I always think of Judee Sill when talking about this sort of thing. I was half reading a thread on thumped and I think 2 posts in a row talked favorably about this "Judee Sill". A link was posted and I clicked it. TBH usually I wouldn't bother. Within a few months I had everything she'd released. Fantastic. What's my point? Oh yea, On the right day and the right way I could see myself getting into, and then deep into, The National. Too late for that now though.