January 2010
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There’s a lot of yelling on this record, but not quite the guttural,...
– Matt Berninger, on a interview with Pitchfork about the new National album
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Pitchfork: Does the new album have a title yet?
MB: No, it doesn’t. We’ve been kicking around ideas. Every time we have an idea for a title, it lasts a few days and then we realize how bad it is. Not long ago, we were calling it SummerLovin’ Torture Party. Thankfully, we realized that’s just a stupid title. So right now, it’s still untitled.
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New National Album in May 4!! →
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A little, generic interview with Rhapsody.
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BetterPropaganda: Back to songwriting, how does the band approach a song? Do you all pretty much build the song up from scratch together?
Matt Berninger: We don’t have a process. The songs have come together in a lot of ways. Sometimes the seed is a guitar melody, other times they start from a drumbeat. We all work on little things at home and bring them to the practice space. Occasionally...
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BetterPropaganda: Since we’re on the topic of your website… who takes all those great pictures on the site?
Matt: Scott and I take most of them. There are about 500 pictures that come up randomly. Sometimes you need to click a while before you get the tasteful nudes.
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Black Cab Session
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I fell in love with you, no matter what you say
but you wrere right about the...
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The National craft mood music. In the span of four albums and an EP they have...
– Aquarium Drunkard (view full article.) (via presidents)
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