The national band

Ohio-bred, Brooklyn-based indie group The National will headline their first proper US arena show this spring when they perform at Brooklyn’s

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Matt Berninger of The National…one of the most brilliant artists of our generation…

Amanda Petrusich writes that on the band’s new album, “First Two Pages of Frankenstein,” the band sings about the kind of sadness that feels quotidian and incremental.

The National's singer circa 2001 with longer hair.

Hear the band perform its new album in its entirety — plus a few favorites from The National's previous albums — live from Union Transfer in Philadelphia.

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High Violet, The National's fifth album, roughs up the glimmering beauty of its divine 2007 predecessor, Boxer. But the new record still achieves the balance that's made the band so widely beloved: It locates the sweet spot between majesty and mopery, catharsis and wallowing, soaring grace and wounded confessionals. Hear High Violet in its entirety until its release on May 11.

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