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High Violet coaxes you into baroque indie darkness rather than shines bright pop lights. That’s The National’s insidious brilliance: No other band makes dark and stormy seem like ideal weather. – Spin
Few bands can create an album of such mournful beauty while sounding so comfortable in their own skin, but the New York quintet have grown effortlessly into their melancholy. – The Times (UK)
Sometimes cathartic and sometimes unresolved, sometimes raw and sometimes reflective… such a description provides clues to what you can expect on High Violet, the acclaimed fifth album by The National. Released on 4AD in 2010, it is an astonishingly powerful record, which reveals deeper musical hues and lyrical riches upon every listen.
Formed in 1999, the Ohio-raised, Brooklyn-based band consists of vocalist Matt Berninger and two pairs of brothers: Aaron (guitar, bass, piano) and Bryce Dessner (guitar), and Scott (bass, guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums).
Early albums, The National (2001) and Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers (2003), preceded their signing to the label, Beggars Banquet, in 2004. Alligator (2005), containing the tracks Mr. November and Daughters of the Soho Riots, raised the band’s profile as they grew into a compelling and incendiary live proposition.
Boxer (2007), featuring songs like Fake Empire (which incidentally was used by President Barack Obama in his election campaign), Mistaken for Strangers and Start a War, sold over three times as many copies as its predecessor.
Since going the distance with Boxer, which along with Alligator has made countless “album of the decade” lists, The National has been keeping busy. They performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, played festivals like Coachella, Glastonbury and Lollapalooza, and (along with Modest Mouse) opened for R.E.M. on their 2008 tour.
Their latest album, with Bloodbuzz Ohio, Anyone’s Ghost and Terrible Love as singles, features guest appearances from Justin Vernon, Sufjan Stevens, Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), Padma Newsome and Thomas Bartlett.
High Violet is something else, just as The National is a band apart from the rest. Here’s your chance to rock out with them at Mosaic Music Festival 2011.
8pm
(1hr 30mins, no intermission)
$40*, $60**, $80, $100, $120
(Limited concessions for students, NSF and senior citizens: $25*, $40**)
Exclusive savings for Mosaic Friends and other packages available.