That’s not the only song on High Violet that sounds like it could have been written last month. Apocalyptic imagery abounds in Berninger’s lyrics — the “swarm of bees” in “Bloodbuzz Ohio,” the ...

What makes a “grower” nowadays? You know — that album that didn’t really hit you at first but somehow, beyond your control, crept its way through your speakers more and more often? There’s something ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The National have announced they will be releasing a 10-year anniversary expanded ...

The National expanded High Violet into a triple-LP set for the album’s 10th anniversary reissue. The package, out June 19th, includes a full disc of songs previously unavailable on vinyl, including an ...

The National’s High Violet is oneof the best albums of the year and now the new kings of brooding indie-pop will re-release an expanded edition on November 22. The National’s reissue of High Violet ...

High Violet, the National’s lush masterpiece of grit and sorrow, turns 10 this year. As an album that made a lot of Top 10 lists in 2010, it has grown bigger with age; it’s since hit a bunch of Best ...

Time has lost all meaning in this era of self-quarantine, but it continues marching forward all the same, now approaching the 10th anniversary of The National’s acclaimed fifth album High Violet, ...

IT'S BACK: DiS' Alexander Tudor, gets a first listen to The National's forthcoming album, High Violet. Way back on their first album, Matt Berninger spelled it out for all of us: when you go to the ...