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The National

Rome

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Recorded live (without overdubs) on June 3, 2024 at the architecturally stunning venue, Parco Della Musica Ennio Morricone, this 21-track LP showcases scintilla...
The National

Laugh Track

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The National's express has pulled in for the second time this year and we've been wowed all over again - there's a renewed energy to this effort, as...
The National

First Two Pages Of Frankenstein

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The first of two brand new LPs from the baroque pop treasures this year, is a beautifully melancholic affair.
The National

The National (national album day 2022)

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The National’s self-titled debut album marks the start point for one of the best bands of a generation.
The National

Cherry Tree EP (2021 reissue)

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Released a year before The National broke through with their third album Alligator, 2004’s Cherry Tree EP is a thrilling record which - thanks to its coll...
The National

I AM EASY TO FIND

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one of resident's favourite bands returns with a glut of guest stars including Sharon Van Etten, Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Lisa Hannigan, delivering one of ...
Boxer - 33 1/3 by Ryan Pinkard

The National

Boxer - 33 1/3 by Ryan Pinkard

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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    Released: 14th Jul 2022

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"Pinkard's account brings to light the ambition and artistry, the stress and frustration, and ultimately the joy of making this very special album.

"-Peter Katis, The National's engineer, and mixer on Boxer"I am spooked by how well [Pinkard] has captured these characters and this madcap project. I am not sure how he did it." -Carin Besser, co-lyricist on Boxer and wife to Matt Berninger"Accessible, perceptive, sometimes hilarious, but more often harrowing, Pinkard's book gets a running start on its subject, tracing The National's trajectory from their first notes together to the creation of Boxer." -Stephen M. Deusner, music critic and authorWe all know the Boxer. The fighter who remembers every glove but still remains. That grisly, bruised American allegory who somehow gets up more times than he's knocked down. This is the fight that nearly broke The National. The one that allowed them to become champions. Released in 2007, The National's fourth full-length album is the one that saved them. For fans, Boxer is a profound personal meditation on the unmagnificent lives of adults, an elegant culmination of their sophisticated songwriting, and the first National album many fell in love with. For the band, Boxer symbolizes an obsession, a years-long struggle, a love story, a final give-it-everything-you've-got effort to keep their fantasy of being a real rock band alive. Based on extensive original interviews with the fighters who were in the ring and the spectators who witnessed it unfold, Ryan Pinkard obsessively reconstructs a transformative chapter in The National's story, revealing how the Ohio-via-Brooklyn five-piece found the sound, success, and spiritual growth to evolve into one of the most critically acclaimed bands of their time.