Regarding a potential eleventh studio album, the band confirmed in November 2024 that they had been writing new, improvised material during their 2024 tour, in a similar style to “Smoke Detector”, the near-eight-minute closing track to Laugh Track , which was created during a soundcheck on tour. The band expressed…
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On August 22, 2022, the National released “Weird Goodbyes” as their first single in three years. The studio version of the song features Bon Iver , as well as strings performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra . In January 2023, the band started to share teases of a forthcoming announcement…
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After the COVID-19 pandemic, the band returned to touring and live performance in May 2022, playing their first show in two and a half years at Baluarte in Pamplona, Spain on May 28, 2022. At the show, the band performed three new songs: “Grease in Your Hair (Birdie)”, “Tropic Morning…
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The National’s final show before the COVID-19 pandemic was on December 12, 2019, at Campo Pequeno in Lisbon, Portugal. In 2020, the band contributed to Taylor Swift ‘s ninth studio album, Evermore , appearing alongside Swift on the song ” Coney Island “. The album was co-produced by Aaron Dessner…
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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 ” You Had Your Soul with You “.…
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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 Adult Alternative Songs chart. On…
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On May 11, 2017, the single ” The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness ” was released after two days of mysterious teasers. At the same time, a new album was announced, titled Sleep Well Beast , which was released September 8, 2017. The album’s second single, “Guilty Party” was…
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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…
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Promotion for Trouble Will Find Me included the band making their debut performance on Saturday Night Live , as well as several festival appearances, including headlining The Boston Calling Music Festival and Bonaroo. The band performed “Graceless” and “I Need My Girl” on the March 8, 2014 episode of Saturday…
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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 Tribeca Film Festival on April 17. Mistaken for Strangers has been described as…
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