The National release Rome, the definitive live document of the band in performance. Recorded at the architecturally stunning venue Cavea of the Auditorium Parco Della Musica Ennio Morricone. The 21-track double LP showcases scintillating versions of the band’s most beloved songs, plus sharpened readings of recent tracks, and marked by rarities; reflecting how the band changes setlists significantly from night to night to cast fresh light on hidden gems from...
The National recently announced the 13 December release of Rome, a 21-track digital and two-LP and CD set recorded live on 3 June 2024 at Cavea of the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone. Now, they have shared another four song EP titled NTL RM EP II, featuring album highlights ‘Smoke Detector’, ‘Fake Empire’, ‘Mr. November’, and ‘Terrible Love’. Rome spans the band’s 20-plus years of songwriting and reveals how...
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The National release a surprise second album of 2023, Laugh Track, out now! The album is a companion to and features material originally started in the same sessions as First Two Pages of Frankenstein. The National also confirmed Australian shows next spring with support from longtime friends Fleet Foxes. Full tour dates below. Laugh Track is the band’s most freewheeling, all-hands-on-deck album in years. If Frankenstein represented a rebuilding of trust between group members after 20+...
Celebrating their headline show at NYC’s Madison Square Garden, The National surprise fans with two new songs ‘Alphabet City’ and ‘Space Invader’. Stream / Download ‘Space Invader’ here.Stream / Download ‘Alphabet City’ here.
The National has released its ninth studio album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, on 4AD / Remote Control. The project has already garnered rave reviews, with Rolling Stone saying, “Nine albums deep, the National find new energy by conjuring not just a great, suffocating fog but also the far light that guides the way out.” Also out today is a lyric video for the new album’s song ‘The Alcott,’ a pensive yet luminous duet between The National’s Matt Berninger and Taylor...
The National has released the fourth and final offering ahead of its upcoming album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein (out April 28th), the idyllic ‘Your Mind Is Not Your Friend’ featuring Phoebe Bridgers. The track confronts the entanglements of the habitual mind and the overwhelming nature of scrutiny. “Don’t you understand? / Your mind is not your friend again / It takes you by the hand/ And leaves you nowhere,” frontman Matt Berninger croons in tandem with the distinct grace...
The National has released a third new track ahead of its upcoming album First Two Pages of Frankenstein. ‘Eucalyptus’ is taut and punchy, having come together in a charmed burst of spontaneity surrounding a visit to the historic Capitol Theatre just north of New York City in Port Chester. Group member Bryce Dessner had sent the song to frontman Matt Berninger so long ago that he’d forgotten about it, but Berninger came up with lyrics and asked to play...
The National have unveiled ‘New Order T-Shirt,’ the second pre-release track from its ninth studio album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, due Friday, 28th April Accentuating the album’s layered meditations on the rupturing of connection, ‘New Order T-Shirt’ is a warmly hypnotic track that shifts between singer Matt Berninger’s brightly detailed memories of someone he misses and heavy-hearted resolution. Aaron Dessner says. “There’s a simplicity to ‘New Order T-Shirt’ that reminds me of our earlier records, but...
The National has announced the release of its ninth studio album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, due April 28, 2023. Anchored by evocative melodies and an enthralling lyrical narrative, First Two Pages of Frankenstein signals a new chapter in the band’s beloved discography. The eleven-song album was produced by The National at Long Pond Studios in upstate New York and features guest appearances by Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers and Sufjan Stevens. The band has also shared the first single off the album, the deceptively upbeat ‘Tropic Morning News.’ Partly...
The National have been playing a number of new songs live since returning to the road this May, and now the group has released one of them as a new single through 4AD / Remote Control Records, ‘Weird Goodbyes’ feat. Bon Iver. The single continues the tradition of Justin Vernon’s collaborations with the band in the studio and on stage. “It’s about letting go of the past and moving on, then later being overwhelmed by...
Twenty years on from the release of their self-titled debut album, The National are reissuing it along with 2003’s follow-up Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers and 2004’s Cherry Tree EP on February 26th 2021 via 4AD. With all three records having been remastered at Abbey Road Studios, the 2021 represses stay faithful to their original artwork while their stunning new masters help make these much-loved records sound as vital as...
Last week, The National celebrated the announcement of the 10th Anniversary High Violet Triple LP release with a YouTube premiere of their D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus-directed film ‘The National – ‘High Violet’ Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM),’ from May 10th, 2010. Fans enjoyed the nearly two and a half hour show while members of the band stopped by the chat room to say hi. They’ve now announced an...
Where were you when The National released High Violet? The National have announced they will be releasing a 10-year anniversary expanded edition of their 2010 album High Violet, on Friday 19 June, 2020. Originally released May 11, 2010, the critically acclaimed fifth studio album features the now-classics ‘Terrible Love,’ ‘Bloodbuzz Ohio,’ ‘England,’ and perennial show closer, ‘Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks.’ In addition to the 10 original tracks, the triple LP package...
Aldous Harding reunites with the visionary director behind ‘The Barrel‘ – Martin Sagadin – for an equally compelling visual for ‘Zoo Eyes.’ It is the third and final single from her latest album, Designer, out now via 4AD. Enter a hypnogogic state once more… The National also share a new visual – ‘Hey Rosey‘ lifted from the band’s sixth record I Am Easy To Find. The video marks the...
Feature album on Double J and Album of the Week at the Herald Sun, The National have released their eighth studio album I Am Easy To Find. Listen here. The Mike Mills directed film of the same name, inspired by the record, is now available to watch here. On September 3, 2017, director Mike Mills emailed Matt Berninger to introduce himself and in very short order, the most ambitious project of the National’s 20-year career...
