The Walkmen ended a decade of “extreme hiatus” Tuesday with a performance of “The Rat” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The performance opened with the Bows + Arrows song’s tremulous guitars and carnival organ rattles as frontman Hamilton Leithauser keens, “You’ve got a neeerve to be asking a favor.” The quintet played with youthful energy, the only signs of the years in between showing in their unscruffy haircuts. When they finished, Leithauser held up a peace V, and keyboardist Walter Martin waved at the crowd.
The performance is even more remarkable,...
The performance is even more remarkable,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The National’s Matt Berninger has shared a new song, “One More Second,” from his upcoming debut solo album, Serpentine Prison, out October 2nd via Book Records.
The song starts out as a minimal and meditative acoustic tune, but soon expands with shuffling drums, rich organ, blooming backing vocals and even a tasteful — and slightly off-kilter — piano solo. “Give me one more second to dry my eyes,” Berninger sings, “Give me one more day to realize/Smoke’s in our eyes or in the distance/Either way, we’re gonna miss it.
The song starts out as a minimal and meditative acoustic tune, but soon expands with shuffling drums, rich organ, blooming backing vocals and even a tasteful — and slightly off-kilter — piano solo. “Give me one more second to dry my eyes,” Berninger sings, “Give me one more day to realize/Smoke’s in our eyes or in the distance/Either way, we’re gonna miss it.
- 9/10/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The National’s Matt Berninger has released a video of his new song “Walking on a String,” featuring indie-rock phenom Phoebe Bridgers. The duo recorded the track for the new Zach Galifianakis film Between Two Ferns: The Movie, released last month on Netflix.
“It’s a song about how our problems and anxieties can build up and feel like a tangled inescapable web,” Berninger tells Rolling Stone. “Sometimes all it takes is a friend with some perspective and patience to help us see our way out of our own messes.
“It’s a song about how our problems and anxieties can build up and feel like a tangled inescapable web,” Berninger tells Rolling Stone. “Sometimes all it takes is a friend with some perspective and patience to help us see our way out of our own messes.
- 10/17/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
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