The National

[septemberwillow]

They were one of my must-sees of the weekend - only out of curiosity, as I'd liked anything I'd heard by them but not really knowing their stuff at all. They absolutely blew me away. Probably my set of the weekend.

[GordonMcG]

Just echoing some of the praise here but the emotion from Matt Berninger was fantastic and elevated the whole performance for me. I'd seen them once before back at Primavera a few years ago and thought they were pretty good, but the set on Sunday felt really special.

[milly16]

Watching the set again….bloody beautiful 

[The Other Steve]

Watched them again in Manchester last night.  They were once again amazing!!!

[st dan]

30 minutes ago, The Other Steve said:

Watched them again in Manchester last night.  They were once again amazing!!!

Yep - superb. When the heavens opened for Mr November and Terrible Love .. it was a special moment. 

[The Other Steve]

21 minutes ago, st dan said:

Yep - superb. When the heavens opened for Mr November and Terrible Love .. it was a special moment. 

Yeah it was amazing - we were loving our life in the rain.

[Chip Batch]

On 7/3/2024 at 8:23 AM, Meerkat said:

Have to admit I didn’t know who Kate Stables was but I enjoyed the guest appearance.

 

Will have to check her stuff out

This is the Kit are great. Quite folky compared to The National.

 

That was somehow my third time seeing her on stage this year as had just been up to their Crow's Nest performance which finished an hour before The National.

 

I hadn't seen The National since twice in about 2010 and wasn't expecting too much as after 2014 everything has left me pretty cold, but they were brilliant. Glad I went. 

 

 

Edited July 5 by Chip Batch

[internetjef]

Just watched this back on iplayer. Looked tremendous. Really glad they smashed it after the iffy pyramid showing a few years back 

[tomlc]

My review and photos of the Manchester gig here. 
 

https://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/24/sounds-city-2024-review.shtml

[1986]

New live EP out today. 

[El Scorcho]

41 minutes ago, 1986 said:

New live EP out today. 

Seems to be 4 tracks today as an EP and then a full live album on December 13th.

1. Runaway
2. Eucalyptus
3. Tropic Morning News
4. New Order T-Shirt
5. Don’t Swallow the Cap
6. Bloodbuzz Ohio
7. The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
8. I Need My Girl
9. Lemonworld
10. The Geese of Beverly Road
11. Lit Up
12. Alien
13. Humiliation
14. Murder Me Rachael
15. England
16. Graceless
17. Fake Empire
18. Smoke Detector
19. Mr. November
20. Terrible Love
21. Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks

[1986]

Don’t know if I need an audio version of the Vanderlyle sing a long but maybe I’m wrong. 

[Chrisp1986]

20 minutes ago, 1986 said:

Don’t know if I need an audio version of the Vanderlyle sing a long but maybe I’m wrong. 

I will still cry

[Spindles]

Cry baby cry.

[Superscally]

I want that joint National / WoD tour so bad

[1986]

14 minutes ago, Superscally said:

I want that joint National / WoD tour so bad

Yeah what a night that would be. 

[NorthernSoul52]

1 hour ago, Superscally said:

I want that joint National / WoD tour so bad

Don't we all.

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, Chrisp1986 said:

I will still cry

 

1 hour ago, Spindles said:

Cry baby cry.

I'll explain everything to the geeks.

[Punksnotdead]

3 hours ago, El Scorcho said:

Seems to be 4 tracks today as an EP and then a full live album on December 13th.

1. Runaway
2. Eucalyptus
3. Tropic Morning News
4. New Order T-Shirt
5. Don’t Swallow the Cap
6. Bloodbuzz Ohio
7. The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
8. I Need My Girl
9. Lemonworld
10. The Geese of Beverly Road
11. Lit Up
12. Alien
13. Humiliation
14. Murder Me Rachael
15. England
16. Graceless
17. Fake Empire
18. Smoke Detector
19. Mr. November
20. Terrible Love
21. Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks

Is this going to get a physical release do you know? That's gonna be an expensive vinyl purchase (triple album at least), but one I'd have to buy!

[Chrisp1986]

20 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

Is this going to get a physical release do you know? That's gonna be an expensive vinyl purchase (triple album at least), but one I'd have to buy!

2LP as standard and full set across 3LP for CT members.

[Spindles]

Hopefully the full 26 song version will make it to streaming services.

 

I stuck their Other stage set on again after listening to the EP, definitely up there amongst the best sets I've closed the festival with, lovely memories.  One of the best crowds I've been amongst.

[e2p2]

3 hours ago, Spindles said:

Hopefully the full 26 song version will make it to streaming services.

 

The tracklist preview on Spotify is missing Conversation 16, Deep End, The Day I Die, Space Invader and About Today.

[Chrisp1986]

38 minutes ago, e2p2 said:

The tracklist preview on Spotify is missing Conversation 16, Deep End, The Day I Die, Space Invader and About Today.

You are kidding me. They are 5 of the best 8!!!

[charlierc]

45 minutes ago, e2p2 said:

The tracklist preview on Spotify is missing Conversation 16, Deep End, The Day I Die, Space Invader and About Today.

Space Invader was great live when played at Ally Pally last year so that's a shame at the very least. About Today being recognised as one of their best live tracks makes that one also a harsh exclusion.

[nikkic]

37 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Space Invader was great live when played at Ally Pally last year so that's a shame at the very least. About Today being recognised as one of their best live tracks makes that one also a harsh exclusion.

Yeah it's a beast live.