The National’s intricately crafted slow-burning melancholia has seen them ascend to the indie-rock big league. We take a deep dive into the work of their superlative twin guitarists, Aaron and Bryce Dessner.
The National’s textured melancholia found a bigger audience in 2010 as their fourth album elevated the band to alt-rock’s top table. With an expanded 10th-anniversary reissue about to hit the shelves, we salute the slow-burn majesty of High Violet.
American Alt-rockers The National have announced Juicy Sonic Magic, a live three-cassette box-set, exclusive to Record Store Day Black Friday 2019.
The National recorded Juicy...
They’re the Firebird-wielding twins at the heart of one of the world’s biggest indie-rock bands, and on album seven they’ve embraced guitar solos. We meet The National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner to talk about Sleep Well Beast…