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The National - High Violet Instores May 11th
High Violet is the brand new full length album from The National. Following their critically acclaimed
Alligator and Boxer releases, not to mention the A Skin, A Night CD/DVD set, the new collection affirms their place in the highest echelons of modern music.
The album is a nervy, melodic, explosive and beautiful set of songs that finds the band at the height of their collaborative powers. The music is wide-ranging in its moods, by turns intimate and rough, expansive and spare, full of stark angles and atmosphere. Matt Berninger’s singing—wild, half-broken, sly—evokes a feeling of being haunted by love, by paranoia, and by something just out of reach.
In stores May 11th, High Violet is available in 3 unique US import configurations: CD, 180 Gram gatefold limited edition numbered coloured double vinyl (with complimentary MP3 download), and a deluxe CD pressing that features an O-Card with foil printing, belly band, and a poster designed by the band. The deluxe
confirguration is limited to the first 2000 copies.
High Violet’s eleven tracks were recorded at the band’s own studio in Brooklyn, with further recording and mixing done once again at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut with Peter Katis (Interpol).
The band were recently the musical guests of Jimmy Fallon, where they debuted ‘Terrible Love’. The National have also confirmed TV performances on David Letterman and Craig Ferguson.
The band will be on the road touring heavily in support of High Violet. Beginning in Los Angeles in late-May, they will be in Toronto for two shows at Massey Hall June 8th and 9th, and Osheaga in Montreal July 31st to be followed by another round of dates in the fall and winter which will include further Canadian cities.
The debut single release from High Violet will be Bloodbuzz Ohio, which has been recently added to the B-List at 6 Music in Britain and is available from www.americanmary.com as a complimentary download.
In 2009, again in another detour for the band, the band’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner joined forces with the AIDS charity Red Hot to produce Dark Was The Night (DAD-2835), a sprawling 32-track 2-CD, 3LP compilation focused on the best of independent rock music at the beginning of the 21st century, which has to date raised thousands for the charity.
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