Video: The National: "Mistaken for Strangers" / "Apartment Story" / "Slow Show" / "Start a War" (live on Spinner)
Good things sometimes come in fours. Celebrating the release of majestic fourth album Boxer, New York grower-rockers the National turned in a four-song set for AOL's Spinner blog. While they didn't read Pitchfork aloud, singer Matt Berninger and his Ohio chums did take time for an interview, discussing their album title, matrimonial cover art, and shift away from screaming on the new album. Counting the songs and the chat, then, I guess that means good things come in fives. Which shouldn't come as a surprise to fans who attended the National's, yup, five-night stand last week at New York's Bowery Ballroom. You guys could consider this an encore, without the weird quasi-suspense.
Video:> The National: "Mistaken for Strangers", "Apartment Story", "Slow Show", "Start a War", and interview