The National Biography

I met Matt Berninger, the lead vocalist of The National, on New Year's Eve 2004 at a party in Brooklyn. He appeared to have been holed up at home for days, lost in his books and videos, just like he had the last several times I had seen him. Don't get too into your band, he advised an old buddy who asked him how it felt to have left behind the world of a regular job. You'll be miserable but content and won't want to do anything else again. You only need to be aware of The National's sacrifice of decent employment for this. You could, however, desire more. They are five friends from Cincinnati, Ohio, who began writing music in 1999 after relocating to the same neighborhood in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. They had no plans to rule the globe in unison while giving a demonstration. Instead of using music as an outlet for their successful employment, they used it. Records were the topic of conversation when the two of them went out to drink, eat, and play Wiffle ball in the summer. Said, The National's songwriting let them have more in-depth talks. It's how they brought up the subjects they wanted to discuss, such as how they had passed the halfway point between 20 and 30 and were rapidly approaching a level of permanence they had never anticipated, how they had both pleased and disappointed their parents, and how their brief relationships had developed into girlfriends and girlfriends' wives.

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