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The National is an American
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band of
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natives, formed in
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in 1999. The band consists of
Matt Berninger Matthew Donald Berninger (, born February 13, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter, primarily known as the frontman and lyricist of indie rock band The National. In 2014, he also formed the EL VY project with Brent Knopf of Ramona Falls and ...
(vocals), twin brothers
Aaron Dessner Aaron Brooking Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a founding member of the rock band the National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums; a co-founder of the indie ...
(guitar, piano, keyboards) and
Bryce Dessner Bryce David Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American composer and guitarist based in Paris, as well as a member of the rock band the National. Dessner's twin brother Aaron is also a member of the group. Together they write the music, in coll ...
(guitar, piano, keyboards), as well as brothers
Scott Devendorf Scott Devendorf is an American multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the bass guitarist for the American indie rock band The National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums. Devendorf is also a member of the indie rock project LNZND ...
(bass) and
Bryan Devendorf Bryan Devendorf is an American drummer. He is best known as a founding member of the indie rock band The National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums. Devendorf is also a member of the experimental rock bands Pfarmers and LNZNDRF. In ...
(drums). Carin Besser is not a band member, but has written lyrics for the band alongside her husband, Berninger, since its 2007 album ''Boxer''. Founded by Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Scott Devendorf and Bryan Devendorf, The National released their self-titled debut album, '' The National'' (2001), on
Brassland Records Brassland is an independent record label founded in 2001 by Alec Hanley Bemis, Aaron Dessner, and Bryce Dessner. History In Brassland's early years, Bemis worked as a freelance journalist for ''LA Weekly'' and ''The New York Times''. The Dessners ...
, an independent record label founded by Aaron and his twin brother, Bryce Dessner. Bryce, who had assisted in recording the album, soon joined the band, participating as a full member in the recording of its follow-up, ''
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'' (2003). Leaving behind their day jobs, the National signed with
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and released their third studio album, ''
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'' (2005), to widespread critical acclaim. The band's fourth and fifth studio albums, ''
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'' (2007) and ''
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'' (2010), increased their exposure significantly. In 2013, the band released its sixth studio album, ''
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'', which was nominated for a
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. In 2017 the band released the album ''
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'', which won the band a Grammy Award. Their eighth studio album, '' I Am Easy to Find'', was released on May 17, 2019. Four of the band's albums were included on ''
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''s 2013 list of the ''NME''s The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.


History


1991–2001: Early history and ''The National''

Matt Berninger and Scott Devendorf met in 1991 while attending the
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's DAAP college of graphic design program, where they also met Mike Brewer,
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and Jeff Salem. Together, the five of them formed the lo-fi garage band Nancy, named after Berninger's mother, aspiring to sound like Pavement. The band was together for five years, and released one album, ''Ruther 3429'', on Wife Records before breaking up after Berninger, Devendorf, Reas and Salem moved to
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. Bryan, Bryce, and Aaron were childhood friends who played in several bands together over the years. When their last effort, Project Nim, broke up in 1998, they joined Matt and Scott in Brooklyn via the Devendorf relationship. When the band was formed in 1999, it was called "The National", although the domain name of the band's website is americanmary.com because, according to Matt Berninger, " 's a song off our first record. We never thought of changing the (website) name, although we should have." Several of the members continued to work day jobs, including being involved in New York's
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, while performing free Sunday night shows regularly at Lower East Side venue
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. Their first album '' The National'' was eventually released in 2001 on
Brassland Records Brassland is an independent record label founded in 2001 by Alec Hanley Bemis, Aaron Dessner, and Bryce Dessner. History In Brassland's early years, Bemis worked as a freelance journalist for ''LA Weekly'' and ''The New York Times''. The Dessners ...
, a label founded by band members Aaron and Bryce Dessner, along with their friend
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. When reviewing the album, Jason MacNeil of '' No Depression'' wrote, "...The National has created nearly a dozen picture-perfect
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bar-soaked gems with its debut album. From the opening notes of 'Beautiful Head', the delicate line between polished roots-oriented pop and
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has rarely been walked so deliberately with the payoff so favorable."


2003–2006: ''Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers'', ''Cherry Tree'' and ''Alligator''

The National's second album ''
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'', released in 2003, was the band's first collaboration with record producers Paul Heck and
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, who would later also produce the band's albums ''
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'' and ''
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''. After the French release of the album on the French label
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, renowned DJ
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invited them to perform on his Black Sessions twice on
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. Publications such as ''
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'' and the ''
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'' named it an album of the year. In 2004, they released the ''
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'' EP. The EP featured "All the Wine," a song that would appear on their next record. The release of the EP garnered further success and landed them on a successful tour with
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. In the same year, the band quit their day jobs and signed to a new label,
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, because the process of running their own label was becoming "too complicated". Their first album on Beggars Banquet, ''Alligator'', was released in 2005. The album was met with much critical acclaim and featured highly in "Album of the Year" charts in the ''
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'',
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, ''Uncut'', and many other publications. The album allowed the band increased exposure. ''
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'' and
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ranked ''Alligator'' as a top album of the 2000s. ''Alligator'' brought the band increased attendance at concerts, including sold-out shows at The Troubadour in Los Angeles and
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in New York. They also played at numerous festivals including the 2006
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,
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s,
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, and more.


2007–2009: ''Boxer''; ''A Skin, a Night'' and ''The Virginia EP''

Their fourth album, ''Boxer'', was released on May 22, 2007, and also received widespread critical praise. The album features contributions from various guest artists, including
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and
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. It was voted as the No. 2 best album of the year by Stereogum.com and the No. 1 album of the year by '' Paste''. The song "Slow Show" from ''Boxer'' was featured on the
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series ''
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'' and '' Parenthood'', as well as on
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'' in its fifth season. The song "Start a War" was featured on the series '' Defying Gravity'', '' Brothers and Sisters'', ''
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'', ''Parenthood'', '' Friday Night Lights'', as well as the film ''
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''. The track "Fake Empire" was featured in the Season 2 Premiere of the HBO series ''
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'', also on the 9th episode, season 5 of "Person of interest", and on the third episode of the second season of ''Chuck'' and in the pilot episode of ''
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''. An instrumental version of the song was featured in
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's campaign video "Signs of Hope and Change" during his 2008 United States presidential campaign, and the song was also played at the
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. ''Boxer'' made numerous "album of the decade" lists, including Pitchfork, ''Aquarium Drunkard'', ''Paste'', and more. On September 26, 2007, the band performed "Apartment Story" on ''
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''. In 2008, along with
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, they opened for
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on the promotional tour for the R.E.M. album ''
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''. That summer they played many festivals in North America and Europe, including
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,
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,
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,
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, Benicàssim,
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, O2 Wireless,
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, All Points West, and
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. In May 2008, the band released their first feature-length documentary film titled ''A Skin, a Night'' on DVD. The film, directed by filmmaker
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, documents the lives of the band surrounding the recording of ''Boxer'' and just before a show at the London venue Koko. Along with the release of the DVD was a CD collection of B-sides and rarities titled '' The Virginia EP''. The National's collaboration with Vincent Moon began long before the filming of ''A Skin, a Night''. Vincent Moon discovered the band after the release of their first album and became friends with its members after a show at Paris' La Guinguette Pirate. Soon after this meeting, Moon filmed his first music videos ever, which were for the National's songs "Daughters of the Soho Riots" and "Lit Up". Moon's photography also appears on the cover for ''Alligator''. On February 17, 2009, a compilation album titled ''
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'' was produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner and released by 4AD (the band's new label after Beggars Banquet Records merged into 4AD). The two-disc, 31-track compilation was released for the benefit of the
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, and featured a new song by the National and
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titled "So Far Around the Bend". In the same year, the National collaborated with
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to contribute a cover of
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' "Sleep All Summer" to the
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compilation ''Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!''. On May 6, 2009, the National performed "So Far Around the Bend" on ''
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''. The National contributed a track to '' Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy'' in September 2009, an album in support of the former
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frontman, who lost his wife. They covered the Polaris track "Ashamed of the Story I Told", from their album '' Music from The Adventures of Pete & Pete''.


2010–2012: ''High Violet''

On March 10, 2010, the band performed "Terrible Love", the lead track from ''High Violet'', on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon''. On March 24, the band released " Bloodbuzz Ohio", the first single from the album, for free download at the official ''High Violet'' website. ''
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'' was released on May 11, 2010 in the U.S. to widespread critical acclaim. The album debuted with first week sales topping charts across the world, ranking No. 3 in the US, No. 2 in Canada, No. 5 in the United Kingdom, and No. 3 in Portugal, among others. ''High Violet'' is a
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in Canada, Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Australia and the United Kingdom. On May 13, 2010, the band appeared on the ''
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'', performing "Afraid of Everyone". On October 25, 2010, it was awarded a Q award, presented by
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of
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and New Order, for Best Album. During 2011, the band capitalized on the success of ''High Violet'' and toured extensively in North America, Europe and Australia. This included festivals in Ireland, Germany and Bohemia such as Heineken
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,
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, Rock Werchter Festival,
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,
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, St. Gallen Open Air Festival, and
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. In 2011 The National were nominated for a Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act and an
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Performing Woodie. Two of its songs, "Start a War" (from ''Boxer'') and "About Today", were featured in the film ''Warrior''. On March 9, 2011 The National released a music video for Conversation 16 featuring
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,
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and
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. Two days later
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announced the band would be contributing an original song, titled " Exile Vilify", for the video game ''
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'', and on April 12, 2011, the band released "Think You Can Wait" from the soundtrack of the film ''
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''. On April 20, 2011, The National played Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. During the show, the band played "About Today", and dedicated the song in memory of Gerard Smith of
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, who had died earlier that day of lung cancer. On December 8, 2011, the band performed on Q (the CBC radio show) in front of a live audience. Two new songs were performed for the first time: "Rylan" and "I Need My Girl". The third song performed was "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks" which featured Justin Vernon of
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who was also on the show. On March 24, 2012, members of the band, Scott Devendorf, Bryan Devendorf and
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, performed with
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in a live broadcast concert, ''The Bridge Session'', at Weir's
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to bring awareness for
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, HeadCount. The National recorded ''
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'' for the ''
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'' season 2 episode " Blackwater". They also recorded a cover of the song " I'll See You in My Dreams" for the HBO TV series ''
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'', and a cover of the "Thanksgiving Song" from the Fox TV series ''
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''. On December 9, 2012, they debuted three new songs "I Should Live in Salt", "Humiliation", and "Graceless" at the All Tomorrow's Parties event in Camber Sands, United Kingdom. The track "Runaway" was used in the 2013 film ''
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''.


2013–2016: ''Trouble Will Find Me'' and ''Mistaken for Strangers''

The band announced their sixth studio album, ''
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'', on February 25, 2013. They released the video for "
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", the album's first single, on April 8. During a Reddit AMA on May 8 they premiered the video for the song "
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", based on Zvuki Mu's video for Grubiy Zakat. ''Trouble Will Find Me'' was released via 4AD Records on May 21, 2013. The album debuted with first week sales topping charts across the world, ranking No. 3 in the US, Canada, and the UK, among others. Following the release, the band embarked on a world tour in support of the album. ''Trouble Will Find Me'' earned a Best Alternative Album nomination in the
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. Aaron Dessner has described the album as the first one the band "really enjoyed making." On February 28, 2013, they announced the upcoming release of a documentary chronicling the lead singer's brother Tom Berninger's journey of touring with the band. The film, titled '' Mistaken for Strangers,'' premiered at New York City's
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on April 17. ''Mistaken for Strangers'' has been described as "a funny, eccentric and finally deeply poignant depiction of art, family, self-sabotage and the prickly intricacies of brotherly love." The film was edited by Carin Besser, longtime songwriter for the band and Berninger's wife. It had a theatrical release in theaters across the United States and Europe. The band additionally played several festivals in the summer of 2013, including The
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in May,
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in June,
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in Cincinnati, and major European festivals such as Roskilde Festival and Rock Werchter in July. They then returned to North America for Lollapalooza and
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in August, St. Jerome's Laneway Festival in September, and Austin City Limits in October. That same year, they contributed the song "Lean" to the
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for the film '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire''. The band performed "Graceless" and "I Need My Girl" on the March 8, 2014 episode of ''Saturday Night Live''. Several of their songs were used on television, including "Fireproof", "Hard to Find" and "England". In June 2014, the National played three consecutive shows at the Celebrate Brooklyn Music Festival. The band closed the summer of 2014 with performances at major festivals throughout Europe, including
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, Pukkelpop, Way Out West, and Lowlands, and continued to headline festivals in the U.S. and Canada throughout the fall. The National returned to headline The Boston Calling Music Festival in September 2014, along with
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and The Replacements. In an interview published in June 2014, Berninger stated that the National would try a new approach to writing and recording an album, with plans to start in October 2014. On April 2, 2015, the National released the single "Sunshine On My Back". The song is provided as a free download for renting or buying the band's documentary ''Mistaken for Strangers'' at its official website. The song comes from the ''Trouble Will Find Me'' recording sessions and features
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. The band headlined a handful of festivals during 2015, including Eaux Claires, a music festival held in
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curated by Bon Iver frontman
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and The National's Aaron Dessner. They also headlined Treasure Island Music Festival. In his review of the festival, ''
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''s Zack Ruskin described the band's performance as "a masterclass in a band that has fully come into their own" and wrote that it "proved once again why they are one of the most exceptional and impressive rock bands of our time." On October 16, 2015, the band debuted a new song called "Roman Candle" (which would later be released as "Walk It Back" on ''Sleep Well Beast'') at Troubadour in Los Angeles. In an interview published in November 2015, Berninger expressed the band's desire to play their new songs in a live setting before recording them: "Over the summer of 2016 we're going to do a lot of shows with the new stuff and then record the next National album." On March 2, 2016, it was announced that the band was to headline Latitude Festival in the
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. The same year they headlined such festivals as
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,
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, Field Trip,
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, Super Bock Super Rock, Latitude Festival and
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. They also played Free Press Summer Festival, Tinderbox, Pistoia Blues Festival, and the first annual Panorama Festival in New York City. In August 2016, Berninger indicated that the new album had electronic influences while they premiered the song "Prom Song 13th Century (Frankie & Johnny)" featuring St. Vincent.


2017–2021: ''Sleep Well Beast'' and ''I Am Easy to Find''

On May 11, 2017, the single "
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" was released after two days of mysterious teasers. At the same time, a new album was announced, titled ''
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'', which was released September 8, 2017. The album's second single, "Guilty Party" was released on June 28, 2017. The band released "Carin at the Liquor Store", the third single from the album, on August 8, 2017. On August 29, 2017, they released the fourth single, "Day I Die". Matt Berninger has said he and Carin Besser wrote much of ''Sleep Well Beast'' about the challenges of their own marriage. The album was also heavily influenced by the
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. The band scheduled a worldwide tour in support of the album, which began in September 2017. In August 2017, "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" became the band's first song to reach number one on a ''Billboard'' songs chart, reaching number one on the
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chart. On November 28, 2017, the album was nominated for two
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: for
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and Best Recording Package, later winning the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album. While on tour to support the album, The National performed new music during a performance in Zagreb, Croatia. The band wrote the music for the 2018 musical ''Cyrano'' by Erica Schmidt, an adaptation of the 1896 play ''
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'' by
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, which starred Schmidt's husband
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in the lead role. Like most of The National's music, the songs for ''Cyrano'' all have lyrics by Besser and Berninger, and music by the Dessner brothers. On March 5, 2019, in an interview with Indie88 in Toronto, Aaron Dessner confirmed the band's new album would be called '' I Am Easy to Find'', and was scheduled for release on May 17. He also debuted the album's first single "
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". The band also announced a
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-directed short film of the same name starring
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, which uses different arrangements of songs from the album as its soundtrack. On April 4, 2019, the band released their second single and closing song off ''I Am Easy to Find'' titled "Light Years", accompanied by a music video starring Alicia Vikander. On May 1, 2019, the band released their third single from ''I Am Easy to Find'' titled "Hairpin Turns", accompanied by a music video. The band released a
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box set titled ''Juicy Sonic Magic'' for
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Black Friday on November 29, 2019, which featured their set at the
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in
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in September 2018. In 2020, the band contributed to
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's ninth studio album, '' Evermore'', appearing alongside Swift on the song "
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". The album was co-produced by Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner (the former who also co-produced Swift's eighth studio album ''
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''). In 2021, ''Cyrano'' was adapted as a film musical, also called ''
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'', again starring Dinklage. For the film, Aaron and Bryce Dessner composed an instrumental score separate from the film's songs. The band also wrote two new songs for the film: "Every Letter", which is sung in the film by
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, and "Somebody Desperate", which is performed by The National themselves over the end credits.


2022–present: Ninth studio album

The band returned to touring and live performance in May 2022, playing their first show in two-and-a-half years at Baluarte in
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on May 28, 2022. At the show, the band performed three new songs: "Grease in Your Hair (Birdie)", "Tropic Morning News (Haversham)" and "Weird Goodbyes" – then known as "Bathwater (Mount Auburn)". A fourth new song, "Ice Machines", was premiered in Paris; a fifth, "Space Invader (Threaded Gold)", was performed during the band's set at the
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in July. In August 2022, Bryce Dessner said that the band was "discovering things" about their new material "in real-time" by playing it every night. On August 22, 2022, The National released "Weird Goodbyes" as the first single from their as-yet-untitled ninth studio album. The studio version of the song features
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, as well as strings performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra.


Origin of the band name

Regarding the band name, the National,
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explained this way in a 2007 interview:


Musical style

Aaron and Bryce Dessner write and develop the music which Matt Berninger then responds to, building lyrics on the music Aaron and Bryce have written. Matt has said that the melody and the rhythm come first and then words and imagery will start to stick to a melody, stating, "I never sit and fill a journal with lyrics." Kitty Empire in ''
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'' characterised the band as exploring "literate rock that presents at first as artily sombre, and eventually as one of the most nuanced 21st-century iterations of what used to be known as "college rock". The National has been compared to Joy Division,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. The band's lyrics have been described as "dark, melancholy and difficult to interpret."


Members

*
Matt Berninger Matthew Donald Berninger (, born February 13, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter, primarily known as the frontman and lyricist of indie rock band The National. In 2014, he also formed the EL VY project with Brent Knopf of Ramona Falls and ...
– lead vocals (1999–present) *
Aaron Dessner Aaron Brooking Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a founding member of the rock band the National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums; a co-founder of the indie ...
– guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, harmonica, mandola, backing vocals (1999–present) *
Bryan Devendorf Bryan Devendorf is an American drummer. He is best known as a founding member of the indie rock band The National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums. Devendorf is also a member of the experimental rock bands Pfarmers and LNZNDRF. In ...
– drums, percussion, backing vocals (1999–present) *
Scott Devendorf Scott Devendorf is an American multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the bass guitarist for the American indie rock band The National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums. Devendorf is also a member of the indie rock project LNZND ...
– bass, guitar, backing vocals (1999–present) *
Bryce Dessner Bryce David Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American composer and guitarist based in Paris, as well as a member of the rock band the National. Dessner's twin brother Aaron is also a member of the group. Together they write the music, in coll ...
– guitar, keyboards, piano, backing vocals (2001–present) ;Touring musicians *Ben Lanz – trombone, synthesizers (2007–present) *Kyle Resnick – trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals (2007–present) ;Former touring musicians *James McAlister – percussion, drums (2019)


Charity


Political support

The National supported both of Barack Obama's presidential candidacies in
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and
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. In July 2008, the band designed and sold a T-shirt featuring Obama's image above the words "Mr. November," a reference to both their song from ''Alligator'' and the month of the U.S. presidential election. All proceeds were donated to Obama's campaign. On October 16, 2008, the band played a rally for Barack Obama on
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in their hometown of Cincinnati with
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. Buses for early voting were available before the show to take voters to the Hamilton County Board of Elections. On September 28, 2010, The National played in front of over 25,000 people before a speech by President Obama at a rally in
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. On September 1, 2012, the band opened for the President at a campaign rally in Urbandale, Iowa in front of a crowd in excess of 10,000 people. In October, the band traveled to Ohio where they played two free shows and visited university campuses as part of Barack Obama's GottaVote campaign to encourage young adults to register to vote and to cast their vote for Obama. In November 2016, The National played a concert for presidential candidate
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.


Humanitarian support


2008 Safe Space NYC

In 2008 the band designed a T-shirt for the
Yellow Bird Project Yellow Bird Project (often abbreviated YBP) is a company that collaborates with indie bands to raise money for charity, primarily through the sale of T-shirts. They approach indie bands, asking them to choose a charity and submit an original desig ...
to raise money for Safe Space NYC, an organization which provides safe refuge for underprivileged children and families in Southeast Queens.


''Dark Was the Night''

On February 17, 2009, ''Dark Was the Night'', the twentieth Red Hot Organization compilation, was released. Curated by Aaron and Bryce Dessner, this album comprised songs by bands and artists such as
Arcade Fire Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. The band's current touring line-up also includes former core member S ...
,
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,
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,
David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...
, Sufjan Stevens,
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,
The Dirty Projectors Dirty Projectors is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2002. The band is the project of singer-songwriter David Longstreth, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The b ...
, Feist and the National, among others. Over one million dollars of the proceeds from album sales were donated to the Red Hot Organization, an international organization dedicated to fighting
AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...
. On May 3, 2009, Aaron and Bryce Dessner curated a concert for ''Dark Was the Night'' at
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in New York City. Other than the band, performers included David Byrne, The Dirty Projectors, Feist, and several other artists who contributed to the compilation. Red Hot Organization founder and director, John Carlin, was quoted as saying, "''Dark Was the Night'' encapsulated the spirit and creativity of a new generation of musicians whose work struck a chord and got people to actually purchase the album and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight AIDS."


2013/2014 Trouble Will Find Me Tour

The National have supported
Partners in Health Partners In Health (PIH) is an international nonprofit public health organization founded in 1987 by Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl, Thomas J. White, Todd McCormack, and Jim Yong Kim. Partners in Health provides healthcare in the poorest areas of de ...
throughout the Trouble Will Find Me tour by working with Plus One to donate $1 from ticket sales at select shows to raise money for Partners in Health.


''Day of the Dead''

On March 17, 2016 the band announced ''Day of the Dead'', a charity tribute album to the
Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, Folk music, folk, country music, country, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, ...
released on May 20, 2016. ''Day of the Dead'' was created, curated and produced by Aaron and Bryce. The compilation, which took four years to record, is a wide-ranging tribute to the songwriting and experimentalism of the Dead, and features over 60 artists from varied musical backgrounds. It has 59 tracks and is almost 6 hours long. All profits will help fight for AIDS/ HIV and related health issues around the world through the Red Hot Organization. ''Day of the Dead'' is the follow up to 2009's ''Dark Was The Night'' (4AD), a 32-track, multi-artist compilation also produced by Aaron and Bryce for Red Hot. ''Day of the Dead'' features collaborations and recordings from a diverse group of artists including Wilco,
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,
Bruce Hornsby Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock, heartland rock, and blues rock musical traditions ...
, Justin Vernon, the National, The War on Drugs,
Kurt Vile Kurt Samuel Vile (born January 3, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is known for his solo work and as the former lead guitarist of rock band the War on Drugs. Both in the studio and during li ...
,
Lee Ranaldo Lee Mark Ranaldo (born February 3, 1956) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist, writer, visual artist and record producer, best known as a co-founder of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth (guitar and vocals). In 2004, ''Rolling ...
of
Sonic Youth Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City, formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the b ...
,
Ira Kaplan Ira Kaplan (born January 7, 1957) is a co-founder, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter in the American indie rock band Yo La Tengo. He is married to the band's co-founder Georgia Hubley. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, Kaplan formed Yo La T ...
of
Yo La Tengo Yo La Tengo (YLT; Spanish for "I have her") is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, piano, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, piano, vocals), and James McNew ...
,
Jenny Lewis Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She was the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child a ...
,
The Tallest Man on Earth Kristian Matsson (born 30 April 1983) is a Swedish singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name The Tallest Man on Earth. Matsson grew up in Leksand, and began his solo career in 2006, having previously been the lead singer of the indie b ...
,
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Unknown Mortal Orchestra (UMO) is a New Zealand psychedelic rock band formed in Auckland, primarily composed of singer, guitarist, and songwriter Ruban Nielson, and bassist Jake Portrait. The band is currently based in Portland, Oregon, United ...
,
Perfume Genius Michael Alden Hadreas (born September 25, 1981), better known by his stage name Perfume Genius, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Hadreas's music explores topics including sexuality, his personal struggle with Crohn's disease, do ...
,
Jim James James Edward Olliges Jr. (born April 27, 1978), professionally known as Jim James or Yim Yames, is an American vocalist, guitarist, producer, and primary songwriter of the rock band My Morning Jacket. He has also released several solo albums. ...
of
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, Senegalese collective Orchestra Baobob, composer
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and his son
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, electronic artist
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,
So Percussion Sō Percussion is an American percussion quartet formed in 1999 and based in New York City. Composed of Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting, and Eric Cha-Beach, the group is well known for recording and touring internationally and for th ...
, jazz pianist
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and Bela Fleck. Of the 59 tracks on the compilation, many feature a house band made up of Aaron, Bryce, brothers Scott and Bryan Devendorf,
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(who co-produced the project), Conrad Doucette (of Takka Takka), Sam Cohen and Walter Martin. The National have three tracks on the album: "
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", "
Morning Dew "Morning Dew," also known as "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew," is a contemporary folk song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bonnie Dobson. The lyrics relate a fictional conversation in a post-nuclear holocaust world. Originally recorded live as a ...
" and "
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". A Day of the Dead live performance took place in August 2016 at the second annual Eaux Claires Festival (August 12–13) featuring the band as well as Jenny Lewis, Matthew Houck,
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,
Will Oldham Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Flophouse, Palace Br ...
,
Sam Amidon Samuel Tear Amidon (born June 3, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Musical career In 2001, Amidon self-released ''Solo Fiddle'', an album of traditional Irish fiddle instrumentals. Amidon's first album of ...
,
Richard Reed Parry Richard Reed Parry (born October 4, 1977) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, best known as a core member of the Grammy Award-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire, where he plays a wide variety of instruments, often switching ...
, Justin Vernon, Bruce Hornsby, So Percussion, Ruban Nielson.


Other benefit concerts

The National have played numerous benefits for a range of organizations, including MusiCares, Artists for Peace and Justice and the Robin Hood Foundation. They have also played at
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's
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(an organization that is dedicated to preserving
Tibetan culture Tibet developed a distinct culture due to its geographic and climatic conditions. While influenced by neighboring cultures from China, India, and Nepal, the Himalayas, Himalayan region's remoteness and inaccessibility have preserved distinc ...
) at New York's
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twice: once in 2009 and once in 2014. The annual show is organized to help raise money for "the cultural institution" of the Tibetan heritage. In October 2015, the National played two shows at The Troubadour in Los Angeles benefitting Cooperative for Education and their Thousand Girls Initiative, which is a program aimed at supporting the growth of educational opportunities for girls in Guatemala.


Discography

* '' The National'' (2001) * ''
Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers Sadness is an emotional pain associated with, or characterized by, feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief, helplessness, disappointment and sorrow. An individual experiencing sadness may become quiet or lethargic, and withdraw themse ...
'' (2003) * ''
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'' (2005) * ''
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'' (2007) * ''
High Violet ''High Violet'' is the fifth studio album by The National, which was released on May 10, 2010 in Europe and on May 11, 2010 in North America via 4AD. The band produced the album themselves, assisted by Peter Katis with whom they worked on their ...
'' (2010) * ''
Trouble Will Find Me ''Trouble Will Find Me'' is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band The National, released on May 17, 2013, on 4AD. Produced by band members Aaron and Bryce Dessner, the album features appearances from St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, ...
'' (2013) * ''
Sleep Well Beast Sleep is a sedentary state of mind and body. It is characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, reduced muscle activity and reduced interactions with surroundings. It is distinguished from wakefulness by a ...
'' (2017) * '' I Am Easy to Find'' (2019)


References


External links

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