High Violet - 180G Vinyl (2LP)

Let there be tension.

High Violet finds The National working at full collective strength — a record that is restless, melodic, and quietly explosive.

The songs move through shadow and release. At times close and fragile, at others sharp-edged and expansive. Space is used as much as sound, creating an atmosphere that feels both immediate and unsettled.

Matt Berninger’s voice sits at the centre — unsteady, wry, half-broken — carrying the sense of being haunted. By love. By unease. By something always just beyond reach.

This may be the band’s most knotted and inward-looking work, yet it also lands with surprising clarity. The tension pulls you in. The songs stay with you.

Let there be unease.

Let there be melody.

Let there be beauty in the ache.