The National: Trouble Will Find Me

Read More The National "Don't Swallow the Cap" is the new lead single from the forthcoming National's album, Trouble Will Find Me (May 20th, 2013 via 4AD Records). …

The National dropped their 6th album last month titled Trouble Will Find Me. The album (featuring such talents as St Vincent, Sharon Van Etten and Richard Reed Perry of Arcade Fire), took nearly three years to cultivate and climbed the charts immediately, reaching number 3 on Billboard 200. Lead singer Matt Berninger enjoyed the writing process more on this particular album than any other, stating “I didn't care if the songs were going to seem depressing or cool. I didn't really care.”

The National really put their heart on the table with this one. After the spinning success of their last album High Violet, one might suspect it would take a tragic event or some other monumental happening to shake the band's core enough to produce songwriting brilliance such as this, but alas...there was none. The band is known for melancholy and dark undertones that stride easily into upbeat percussions and danceable melodies, and this album is no exception. In the track “Graceless”, they create a cinematic atmosphere proper enough for an 80's cult film. “I am not my rosy self...left my roses on the shelf. Take the wild ones, they're my favorite. It's the side effects that save us.” A little self-deprecating, sure. However the consensus of the album is quick to abandon thought and takes us back to simple, beautiful songwriting.

Listen to Trouble Will Find Me in a dark room with a candle burning. Let Matt's vocals envelope you and take you away to a world built with peace amongst the chaos. The band is currently on a world tour promoting the album...get tickets ASAP as they tend to sell out in the blink of an eye.

07/01/13 "City Sound" 07/02/13 Zagreb, Croatia SRC Salata 07/04/13 "Rock Werchter Festival" 07/05/13 "Heineken Open'er Festival" 07/06/13 "Roskilde Festival" 07/14/13 "Bunbury Music Festival" 07/27/13 "Splendour In The Grass" 08/01/13 "Twilight Concert Series" 08/03/13 Lollapalooza 08/04/13 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre 08/05/13 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre 08/06/13 Saint Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Aud 08/09/13 "Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival" 08/10/13 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre 08/11/13 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Forever 09/08/13 Nashville, TN Ryman Aud 09/09/13 Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy 09/11/13 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte 09/12/13 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Aud 09/13/13 Louisville, KY Iroquois Amph 09/14/13 "St. Jerome's Laneway Festival" 09/15/13 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater

09/17/13 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre 09/19/13 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre 09/20/13 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre 09/21/13 Troutdale, OR Edgefield Winery 09/22/13 Vancouver, BC PNE Amphitheatre 10/11/13 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre 10/12/13 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom 10/31/13 Helsinki Helsinki Ice Arena 1/02/13 Frederiksberg Forum Copenhagen 11/04/13 Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle 11/05/13 Dusseldorf Mitsubishi Electric Halle 11/06/13 Luxembourg Rockhal 11/07/13 Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall 11/09/13 Belfast Odyssey Arena 11/10/13 Dublin, Ireland The O2 Dublin 11/11/13 Manchester O2 Apollo Manchester 11/12/13 Manchester O2 Apollo Manchester 11/13/13 London Alexandra Palace 11/14/13 London Alexandra Palace 11/18/13 Paris, France Zenith Paris 11/20/13 Madrid, Spain Palacio Vistalegre 11/21/13 Lisbon, Portugal Meo Arena

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