THE NATIONAL - HIGH VIOLET

The new studio album from The National, entitled High Violet, is released this week on 4AD. High Violet’s eleven tracks were recorded at the band’s own studio in Brooklyn, with further recording and mixing at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut with Peter Katis.
Five friends from Cincinnati, Ohio who met again after they all relocated to New York, The National have been together since 1999. Their work has garnered critical praise and their last two albums, Alligator and Boxer, have served to open them to an ever-widening audience.

PRESS QUOTES:
"A record to treasure." Q ****
"This is what music means. Anything else is froth." Sunday Times ***** CD of the Week
"Seriously raises our bafflement as to why The National aren't bigger than U2."
Time Out *****
"High Violet is going to be huge, which is no problem whatsoever."
Uncut ***** Album of the Month
"There's a beauty here that reinforces how special this band is." Evening Standard ****
"High Violet is the magnum opus that will make them stars." The Guardian ****
"A masterclass in subtle emotional shading which none of their current peers, and few of their inspirational influences, could equal." The Independent ****
"Goddamn it's taken a while, but with 'High Violet' The National's slow and steady evolution can no longer be ignored." NME 8/10
"They're a national treasure." The Sun *****
"A potential album of the year." BBC
"The National rarely miss; when they aim for powerful or poetic, they get there."
Pitchfork, Best New Music