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The National is an alternative rock artist from Cincinnati, Ohio formed in 1999. 41 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Alternative Rock · Cincinnati, Ohio · Best alternative rock albums
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Sleep Well Beast
2017 · 12 tracks
Boxer
2007
I Am Easy to Find
2019
High Violet
2010
First Two Pages of Frankenstein
2023
Trouble Will Find Me
2013
Alligator
2005
Laugh Track
2023
Boxer: Live in Brussels
2018
The National
2001
Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers
2003
Rome (Full Concert)
2025
Cherry Tree Vol. 1
2018
Unreleased: B-Sides & Rarities
2010
2005-04-29: Black Session
2005
Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers (2021 Remaster)
2003
2003-11-17: The Black Sessions
2003
The National (2021 Remaster)
2001
Abel
Single · 2005
Secret Meeting
Single · 2005
Never Tear Us Apart
Single · 2026
Heaven
Single · 2024
Rome
EP · 2024
Your Mind Is Not Your Friend (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
Single · 2023
Eucalyptus
Single · 2023
Alphabet City
Single · 2023
Space Invader
Single · 2023
Tropic Morning News
Single · 2023
New Order T-Shirt
Single · 2023
Weird Goodbyes (feat. Bon Iver)
Single · 2022
Somebody Desperate (From ''Cyrano'' Soundtrack)
Single · 2021
I Need My Girl
Single · 2014
Exile Vilify (From the Game "Portal 2")
Single · 2011
Bloodbuzz Ohio
Single · 2010
A Skin, A Night + The Virginia EP
EP · 2008
Apartment Story
Single · 2007
Mistaken for Strangers
Single · 2007
Lit Up
Single · 2005
Cherry Tree
EP · 2004
Cherry Tree (2021 Remaster)
EP · 2004
Slipping Husband
Single · 2003
The National is an indie rock band formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1999 and currently based in Brooklyn, New York. The band's lyrics, which have been described as "dark, melancholy and difficult to interpret", are written and sung by Matt Berninger, a baritone. The rest of the band is composed of two pairs of brothers: twins Aaron (guitar and keyboard) and Bryce Dessner (guitar) and Scott (bass) and Bryan Devendorf (drums). The National has been compared to Joy Division, Leonard Cohen, Wilco and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. The name of the band was chosen because it "didn't mean anything" and was "benign and meaningless". In 1991, Matt Berninger and Scott Devendorf met while attending the University of Cincinnati, where they also met Mike Brewer, Casey Reas and Jeff Salem. Together, the five of them formed the lo-fi garage band Nancy, named after Berninger's mother, aspiring to sound like Pavement. The band was together for five years, but only released one album, Ruther 3429, on Wife Records before breaking up after Berninger, Devendorf, Reas and Salem moved to Brooklyn. Bryan, Bryce and Aaron were childhood friends who played in several bands together over the years. When their last …
