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The National in conversation

The National joins Steve Lamacq to chat about their new album - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein which is released on Friday.

The National joins Steve Lamacq to chat about their new album - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein - which is released on Friday. The album is The National鈥檚 ninth studio album, following on from 2019鈥檚 鈥業 Am Easy To Find鈥�.

The record was written after a period of writers block-induced creative crisis. Singer Matt Berninger said, 鈥淚 was in a very dark spot where I couldn鈥檛 come up with lyrics or melodies at all, and that period lasted for over a year鈥� Even though we鈥檇 always been anxious and argued quite a lot whenever we were working on a record, this was the first time it ever felt like maybe things really had come to an end.鈥�

The title for the album came from this period, when Matt says, 鈥溾�淲hen I feel stuck I鈥檒l often grab a book off the shelf just to get some words in my head, and the first two pages of Frankenstein ended up triggering the song 鈥榊our Mind Is Not Your Friend鈥�. The book starts off with the narrator on a voyage near the Arctic Circle, and that image of being adrift helped me to write about feeling disconnected and lost and lacking in purpose. Once I started confronting that strange, blurry panic of not having ideas, everything began to crack open a bit.鈥�

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Music Played

  • Beck

    Loser

    • Geffen.

  • Kae Tempest

    Nice Idea

    • Republic Records.

  • The Police

    Message In A Bottle

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • SBTRKT

    DAYS GO BY (feat. Toro y Moi)

  • Patti Jo

    Make Me Believe In You

    • Wand.

  • Slaney Bay

    Move On

    • Move On.
    • Slaney Bay.
    • 1.

  • Radiohead

    Street Spirit (Fade Out) (Radio 1 Evening Session, 14 Sep 1994)

    • COLUMBIA.

  • Sparks

    The Number One Song In Heaven

    • The Best Of.
    • Island.
    • 10.

  • Clark

    Clutch Pearlers

    • Warp.

  • Apache Indian

    Don Raja

    • The Best Of.
    • Spectrum.
    • 12.

  • Electronic

    Getting Away With It

    • Factory.

  • Baby Rose

    螜 Won't Tell (feat. Smino)

    • Secretly Canadian.

  • Sea Power

    Please Stand Up

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Sofia Kourtesis

    Madres

    • Ninja Tune.

  • The Vines

    Get Free

    • Heavenly.

  • Courtney Barnett

    Avant Gardener

    • Milk! Recordfs.

  • Pulp

    Weeds II (The Origin Of The Species)

    • Island.

  • Future Utopia

    Your Love (feat. Biig Piig)

    • 70Hz Recordings.

  • Dr. Dre

    Still D.R.E. (feat. Snoop Dogg)

    • Interscope.

  • Warmduscher

    Love Strong

    • Bella Union.

  • Reggae Roast, Horseman & Natty Campbell

    Blood & Fire Medley

    • Blood & Fire Medley.
    • Reggae Roast Records.

  • Super Furry Animals

    Something 4 The Weekend

    • Creation Records.

  • Alison Goldfrapp

    So Hard So Hot

    • Skint/BMG.

  • Two Door Cinema Club

    Something Good Can Work

    • CD SINGLE.
    • KITSUNE.
    • 1.

  • Benefits

    Warhorse

    • Invada.

  • Giorgio Moroder

    The Chase

    • And They Danced The Night Away CD1.
    • CASABLANCA.
    • 10.

  • ARXX

    Not Alone

  • 厂濒别补迟别谤鈥怟颈苍苍别测

    A New Wave

    • Sub Pop Records.

  • The National

    Eucalyptus

    • 4AD.

  • The National

    New Order T-Shirt

  • The Style Council

    My Ever Changing Moods

    • Polydor.

  • Jockstrap

    Debra

    • Rough Trade.

  • Andy Cook, Colin Gregory, Craig Scott, Jim Rodger, Quentin Jennings & The Dylans

    Mary Quant in Blue

    • The Dylans.
    • Beggars Banquet.
    • 10.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Is This Love

    • Tuff Gong.

  • Lanterns on the Lake

    The Likes Of Us

    • Bella Union.

  • Alabama Shakes

    Hang Loose

    • ROUGH TRADE RECORDS.

  • Neon Waltz

    Thoughts / Dreams / Regrets

    • Thoughts / Dreams / Regrets.
    • Fierce Panda Records.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 26 Apr 2023 16:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music