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BuzzJack Music Forum _ Indie, Rock and Alternative _ The National || Sleep Well Beast
Posted by: ♀ Emily Haines ♀ 11th May 2017, 10:05 AM
The National's seventh album, Sleep Well Beast, is due to be released on 8th September.
New song called 'The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness' has also been released.
I am so excited for this! They have also released a bunch of tour dates, which go on sale Friday 19th May. UK & Irish ones listed below:
Sep 16 - Cork, IE - Cork Opera House
Sep 17 - Dublin, IE - Vicar Street
Sep 18 - Dublin, IE - Vicar Street
Sep 20 - Edinburgh, UK - Usher Hall
Sep 21 - Edinburgh, UK - Usher Hall
Sep 22 - Manchester, UK - O2 Apollo
Sep 23 - Manchester, UK - O2 Apollo
Sep 25 - London, UK - Eventim Apollo
Sep 26 - London, UK - Eventim Apollo
Sep 27 - London, UK - Eventim Apollo
Sep 28 - London, UK - Eventim Apollo
They have been on my list of "need to see live" for so long now so fingers crossed I manage to get tickets. I've signed up for three pre-sales 
Posted by: Sonar 11th May 2017, 12:02 PM
Good news!
Sleep Well Beast tracklist:
01 Nobody Else Will Be There
02 Day I Die
03 Walk It Back
04 The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
05 Born to Beg
06 Turtleneck
07 Empire Line
08 I’ll Still Destroy You
09 Guilty Party
10 Carin at the Liquor Store
11 Dark Side of the Gym
12 Sleep Well Beast
Posted by: Emily Haines 15th May 2017, 10:04 AM
I managed to get standing tickets for Edinburgh 
Posted by: Bjork 15th May 2017, 11:11 AM
love the National, one of the best bands in the history of music
High Violet is one of the best albums ever, saw them live a couple years ago and loved them, singer was more crazy than expected
hopefully seeing them live at the Haven festival in Denmark
Posted by: Sonar 29th June 2017, 01:06 PM
Posted by: dandy* 2nd July 2017, 12:40 PM
Guilty Party is just beautiful, it's a perfect extension of why I love them.
Posted by: Bjork 2nd July 2017, 07:32 PM
Yes
Thats amazing
My fav song right now
Genious lyrics
Love the start: you're sleeping night
and day, how do you do it?
Posted by: Emily Haines 8th September 2017, 07:40 PM
So my blue record turned up this morning
Looking forward to listening to this a lot in the run up to the tour.
Posted by: Bjork 9th September 2017, 07:12 AM
heard it a couple times yesterday, great album, Guilty Party and Day I Die my favs so far
Posted by: Dircadirca 9th September 2017, 07:48 AM
Yep, The National always deliver.
Posted by: Lorderella 13th September 2017, 10:54 PM
guilty party clicked with me big time when listening to the whole album. stunning. that instrumental and the lyrics <3
Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 16th September 2017, 09:10 AM
Yeah I think this album is going to be up there with their best, really enjoying it so far and can see me liking it a lot as I listen more.
I'd also love to see them live again, I saw them at Glastonbury and whilst they were brilliant, I thought it was a bit disappointing for two reasons, they did I think four songs from this album which hadn't been released so no one knew them, and only one song from each of Alligator and Boxer, and they had possibly the worst slot possible - I was probably about 10 people from the front and at least half of the people there didn't know/like them and just wanted to be at the front for Foo Fighters afterwards so they had the worst crowd atmosphere of everyone I saw.
Posted by: DropzoneUK 16th September 2017, 09:47 AM
Very interesting... any more details on this project? 
Posted by: dandy* 16th September 2017, 07:51 PM
So we're a week in and I'm really enjoying this album, it's the most immediate I've ever found any of their albums and there are so many good tracks on here. Definitely up there with their best work and they are ever so slowly developing into one of my favourite acts ever, so consistent
Posted by: DropzoneUK 17th September 2017, 11:23 AM
The piano tone sounds great! new band for me but I am feeling this album! 
Posted by: SKOB 17th September 2017, 12:20 PM
National are quite dull live imo, seen them twice, which is a bit shame as their albums are mostly solid
Posted by: Bjork 17th September 2017, 01:25 PM
the opposite for me, saw them live and found them amazing, borderline too rock n roll for me
Posted by: SKOB 18th September 2017, 06:40 AM
My experiences are from 3 and 5 years ago and they were mostly drunk lol
Posted by: Doctor Blind 18th September 2017, 08:26 AM
I saw them at Latitude in 2016 and they were really good. Lauren Mayberry (CHVRCHES) came on to sing on “I Need My Girl”!
Posted by: Bjork 18th September 2017, 10:34 AM
^ wow, that's my fav National song from the last 2 albums
but I was pretty surprised when I saw them live, the way the singer performs was totally unrexpected, not sure why but I was expecting them to be quiet, and they were the opposite, the singer was more rock'n'roll than Foo Fighters and was jumping offstage and crowdsurfing, kinda bollocks...
Posted by: Emily Haines 18th September 2017, 05:48 PM
So excited to see them on Thursday! The setlist for Dublin has got the latest album and a good collection of classics so I'm really happy.
Posted by: Emily Haines 22nd September 2017, 09:08 PM
They were so good live yesterday! They played:
Nobody Else Will Be There
The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
Walk It Back
Don’t Swallow the Cap
Sea of Love
Empire Line
Turtleneck
I Need My Girl
This is the Last Time
I’ll Still Destroy You
Lemonworld
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Guilty Party
Dark Side of the Gym
Day I Die
Sleep Well Beast
Fake Empire
Wasp Nest
Pink Rabbits
Mr. November
Terrible Love
Posted by: dandy* 22nd September 2017, 09:43 PM
That setlist looks great, jealous much.
Posted by: Bjork 23rd September 2017, 07:47 AM
amazing setlist, wanna see them too!!!
my 2 all time National favs in a row:
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Posted by: Emily Haines 23rd September 2017, 09:27 AM
It was soooo good. Matt came out in the crowd a couple of times too and people got to sing with him, which was cool! They were definitely worth the wait.
Posted by: Diane12 26th September 2017, 03:16 PM
They're so great live! I'd kill to see them play their new album. I saw them one in Poland a few years back and they were phenomenal!
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