The National will release their feverishly-anticipated new album on September 8th. Their label 4AD has posted a photo with the caption “#SleepWellBeast,” as well as a video captioned “#TheSystemOnlySleepsInTotalDarkness.” The tweet with the revealed album title can be found below:
New @TheNational album out Sep 8th. @pitchfork pic.twitter.com/oSCwU5lqmP
— Ghosts of the Kodiak (@GhostsOfKodiak) May 10, 2017
Never been the biggest National fan, but I’m interested to see how the hype goes.
Best Indie band in the planet right now. The single is fantastic. Can’t wait to see if the rest of the album sounds as different.
I love the aesthetic
GUILTY PARTY BITCHES
A few journalists and other folks have got this album already, and their hype is through the roof.
As a sampling, check out music journalist Steven Hyden after Guilty Party was released:
https://twitter.com/Steven_Hyden/status/880418112721616897
“This is a great song and it’s not even a top 5 track on the record”
By all accounts, this is shaping up to be their Sgt. Pepper’s.
This hasn’t leaked. There’s a terrible vinyl rip at the wrong pitch out there. Does that really count as a leak here?
LEAKED BUT BAD QUALITY…
yep now we have to watch for the second leak.
It’s a ghost album. it’s far from good,but it’s not the worst thing ever.
That futuristic 80’s sounds just don’t simply work.
http://www.metacritic.com/person/the-national