The National - Sleep Well Beast - Rare Double Green Vinyl - 1000 Pressed
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Nov 5, 2018 Sold Date
Oct 29, 2018 Start Date
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THE NATIONAL - SLEEP WELL BEAST

SUPER LTD DOUBLE GREEN VINYL
"THERE'S NO LEAVING NEW YORK"
1000 PRESSED FOR FOREST GREEN STADIUM
& ROUGH TRADE WEST (NEW YORK)

This is the only copy currently availible in the UK, either on Discogs or Ebay.
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One year anniversary edition, limited to 1000 copies on 'Forest Hills' green vinyl. 100 were released on through Rough TRADE in New York, store purchases only, and the rest available at Forest Hills Stadium on Sept 29 and 30th.

Across their first six studio albums, The National have settled into a pretty wonderful stride. Masters of dark introspection flecked with the odd anthemic thrust, Matt Berninger and co do downbeat indie rock better than anyone else around.

An electric undercurrent is evident on this, The Nationals most recent offering.
And one of Sleep Well Beast’s greatest accomplishments is its convincing and seamless integration of acoustic and electronic instruments. A standout in this respect is the melancholic, daunting “Guilty Party,” which sells its electronic drum kit so well that the transition to analog drums 90 seconds in is both barely noticeable and deeply felt.
“I’ll Still Destroy You” is absolutely gorgeous, blending its icy keyboards and programmed drums with live percussion, exquisitely intertwining guitar lines, and string passages that actually add drama to the song.
“Carin at the Liquor Store” is a stunning love ballad that narrates the miracle of a depressed person gaining enough distance to fall in love.

These songs are about holding the despair of adulthood alongside the blinding joy of having people around to care about. It’s a necessary balance and a difficult one to master. The record’s music mirrors its theme perfectly, setting anxious electronics and glitchy guitars against sleepy piano and Berninger’s resonant, dark liquor lyricism.

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