The National performing at Leeds’ First Direct Arena. December 2019. (Scott Smith for Live4ever)
The National have announced shows at the Brixton Academy in London on June 1st and 2nd when they will be performing what are described as ‘two unique sets’.
The band head into 2020 still touring their most recent album I Am Easy To Find while one of its predecessors, High Violet, is to be aired in full when their latest Homecoming event takes place between May 8th-9th.
“At over an hour and with sixteen songs – brief instrumentals Her Father in The Pool and Underwater included – the overriding impression is of an installation in the process of being brought to life, the impressive sweep alone making it by far The National’s most ambitious project to date,” our I Am Easy To Find review reads.
“To even attempt this requires courage enough to disenfranchise and sometimes fail – the funereally paced Not In Kansas lands right on the cusp of garbled self-indulgence – and the confidence to reinterpret fiercely, with the likes of Hey Rosey and Dust Swirls In Strange Light coming from a distant and alien sonic universe.”