A deep dive into The National

After binging on Wilco, I've turned to The National, a band I've known about for years now but never listened to. I've now gotten through the beginning of 2013's "Trouble With Me", the sixth of their ten studio albums. So far, I really like the sound of the band, which flows nicely out of my burst of listening to Wilco, and the baritone of lead singer Matt Berninger, which I already know from "coney island", the band's collaboration with Taylor Swift on her album "evermore" (2020). If none of the band's songs have stood out to me yet, that's in part because I have mostly had them on in the background. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 5 June 2024)