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, ...

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 ...

Brooklyn-based Cincinnati natives the National follow their sophomore effort, Boxer, with an album that chronicles the dream sequences of a man caught at the fringes of love, and, plays on the band’s ...

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook What makes a “grower” nowadays? You know — that album that didn’t really hit you at first but ...

The National’s High Violet came out Tuesday. They also used that occassion to release a video for the song “Bloodbuzz Ohio.” That clip, which features Matt Berninger, his infamous glass of wine, and ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The High Violets’ full-length album “To Where You Are” is a dense soundscape of blown out guitars, fuzzy basslines and vocals so clean it’s impossible to ...

March 30 (UPI) --The National will release an expanded edition of High Violet in honor of the album's 10th anniversary. The rock band will celebrate the occasion by releasing a three-disc vinyl ...

Buzz about The National’s new record High Violet has been building for months. On the eve of the album’s release hear an advance listen of this stellar new work from the Brooklyn-based band.