The National have shared new single ‘Hairpin Turns‘ featuring Gaill Ann Dorsey and Lisa Hannigan, alongside a Mike Mills directed video. With performances from Dorsey, mina tindle, Kate Stables and featuring dancer Sharon Eyal, co-founder, co-artistic director and choreographer of L-E-V Sharon Eyal | Gai Behar. I Am Easy To Find is out 17 May. Preorder here. To celebrate the release of the new record and short film, The National have announced...
The National share another album track ‘Light Years‘ – the closer on I Am Easy To Find. Their eighth studio album will be released 17 May via 4AD. Preorder here. Watch the accompanying video below, directed by Academy Award-nominated director Mike Mills, and starring Academy Award Winner Alicia Vikander. I Am Easy To Find will be released with a companion short film, directed by Mills, named after, and inspired by...
The National are back. The band have announced new album I Am Easy To Find, out Friday 17 May via 4AD. The news comes with opening track ‘You Had Your Soul With You’ which features the vocals of long-time David Bowie collaborator Gail Ann Dorsey. This is the first new music since 2017’s GRAMMY®-Award winning release Sleep Well Beast. A companion short film with the same name will also be released...
To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their acclaimed album Boxer, The National performed the record from beginning to end at a very special show in Brussels, Belgium on November 9th, 2017. A limited vinyl version of the recording was released exclusively on Record Store Day, which sold out immediately. After much demand, the live LP is today released both digitally and on CD. Boxer (Live In Brussels) is out now. Stream / purchase Boxer (Live...
To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their acclaimed album Boxer, The National performed the record from beginning to end at a very special show in Brussels, Belgium on November 9th, 2017. A limited vinyl version of the recording was released exclusively on Record Store Day, which sold out immediately. After much demand, the live LP will be released both digitally and on CD on Friday 13th July. Boxer (Live In Brussels) is...
Record Store Day is just around the corner, tomorrow in fact! With a host of special events, acts, prizes, and so forth coming from records stores across the Country, and globe, so to speak. Find our special releases for Record Store Day 2018 below, along with some special in-store performances: Courtney Barnett Sunday Roast/City Looks – Pretty 12″ Featuring a brand new track ‘City Looks Pretty’ – about life on the road –...
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 ‘Dark Side Of The Gym’, directed, choreographed and starring NYC Ballet Resident Choreographer and soloist Justin Peck and executive produced by former Miami City Ballet dancer and current dance filmmaker Ezra Hurwitz. Also starring former Miami City Ballet mentor and Principal dancer, Patricia Delgado, the video finds the duo gracefully move around a balloon filled auditorium. Watch it below! The National will return to...
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 have shared their latest track ‘Day I Die’ from their forthcoming album, Sleep Well Beast, out Friday 8th September. The video, 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...
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...
