New The National – Rylan & I Need My Girl
This weekend The National debuted two songs on Canadian Public Radio and… sigh. They are predictably gorgeous.
After much teasing about their new album, this is our first look at what the boys have been working on while wrapping up their final High Violet shows. And it certainly doesn’t disappoint.
The first track, Rylan, is a classic-National tune, with those precision drums and understated piano chords leading. The other, “I Need My Girl” sounds a little less polished, but all the more intriguing for its surprising folk-guitar led melody.
Listen to both below, and the catch the videos of the performances that the mp3s are taken from below that. There’s also a bonus video of our buddy Justin Vernon joining the boys for “Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks”.
Listen: The National – Rylan
Listen: The National – I Need My Girl
Those damn Canadians gets all the luck!
My good friend was sitting in the second row in “Q’s” Toronto studio for this. Talk about lucky… sheesh!