For the first time since 2014, The National will return next month to play shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Special guests Little May have been announced as support act for all Australian shows. Full tour dates and details below! After releasing and internationally touring their album, For The Company, recorded in upstate New York with The National’s Aaron Brooking Dessner, 2017 was a year of change for Little May. Liz Drummond...
The National have released the video for ‘I’ll Still Destroy You’, from their most recent album Sleep Well Beast, The video was directed by Allan Sigurðsson and Icelandic performance and installation artist Ragnar Kjartansson. Watch it below! Ragnar, who also appears in the video, collaborated with The National for A Lot Of Sorrow which saw the band play their song ‘Sorrow’ for six hours in front of a live audience at MOMA’s...
The National have released their seventh studio album, Sleep Well Beast. The video to their latest single ‘Day I Die’, directed by Casey Reas, compresses the frenetic energy of performing with the grind of touring. Watch it below! The National will arrive in Australia in February 2018 as part of their world tour, playing shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. This will mark the first time Australian audiences will hear live performances from...
The National return to Australia for the first time since 2014! The band will return in February 2018 to play shows in Sydney at The Sydney Opera House, Brisbane at Riverstage and Melbourne at Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Further tour details below. The National’s Australian tour will follow the release of their seventh LP, Sleep Well Beast, out 8th September. This will mark the first time Australian audiences will hear live performances...
The National share ‘Carin at the Liquor Store’, the 3rd single from their forthcoming album Sleep Well Beast, out Friday 8th September. Watch the accompanied video directed by Casey Reas, filmed by La Blogothèque and edited by Matthew Miller below! The album was produced by member Aaron Dessner with co-production by Bryce Dessner and Matt Berninger and recorded at Aaron’s Hudson Valley, NY studio, Long Pond. The National have announced...
The National share new single ‘Guilty Party’, from their forthcoming album Sleep Well Beast out 8th September. Watch the accompanying video, directed by Reas, below! “The video is a dream about memory and the degradation of memory; it’s about distance in time and space,” says Reas. “Time moves forward, but then backward as memory. The image of the two-faced Roman god Janus, who can look into the past and future, is the...
After some mysterious teasers earlier in the week, The National announce their 7th studio album, Sleep Well Beast, set to be released on September 8th. The National debuts the track ‘The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness’, in this Casey Reas directed video you can watch below! Sleep Well Beast was produced by member Aaron Dessner with co-production by Bryce Dessner and Matt Berninger. The album was mixed by Peter Katis and...
