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The National News

The National streaming new album 'Trouble Will Find Me' online

Brooklyn band stream sixth album on iTunes

  • May 14, 2013

The National unveil 'Sea Of Love' video – watch

The new album 'Trouble Will Find Me' is set for release on May 20

  • May 8, 2013

The National play the same song 105 times at New York art gig - watch

The band played 'Sorrow' for six hours straight at the Moma PS1 gallery

  • May 6, 2013

The National debut two songs on Jimmy Fallon show – watch

New York band perform tracks from new album 'Trouble Will Find Me'

  • Apr 26, 2013

The National to perform their song 'Sorrow' for six hours straight at New York gallery

The band have joined forces with artist Ragnar Kjartansson for installation/performance art piece 'A Lot Of Sorrow'

  • Apr 24, 2013

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The National Reviews

The National - 'Trouble Will Find Me'

The National - 'Trouble Will Find Me'

How have Brooklyn's gloomiest reacted to becoming a big deal? With their most personal album yet

  • May 17, 2013

The National - 'Demons'

A terse and stately National anthem

  • Apr 16, 2013

The National

Boxer

  • May 23, 2007

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The National Biography

The National is an American indie rock band formed in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, in 1999, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York. The band's lyrics, which have been described as "dark, melancholy and difficult to interpret", are written and sung by Matt Berninger, a baritone. The rest of the band is composed of two pairs of brothers: twins Aaron (guitar and keyboard) and Bryce Dessner (guitar) and Scott (bass) and Bryan Devendorf (drums). The National has been compared to Joy Division, Leonard Cohen, Wilco and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. The name of the band was chosen because it "didn't mean anything" and was "benign and meaningless".

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