The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)

The National have shared more details about their forthcoming album, Sleep Well Beast, out September 8 via 4AD. See the full tracklist and cover art below. They’ve also shared their new song “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness” and announced a world tour. The band recorded their seventh studio album at Aaron Dessner’s Long Pond studio in Hudson Valley, New York, as well as in other locations like Los Angeles, Paris, and Berlin. He also produced the album with additional production from Matt Berninger and Bryce Dessner. The band organized a massive Grateful Dead compilation last year and released a collaborative album with Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, A Lot of Sorrow, in 2015. Their last studio album, Trouble Will Find Me, came out in 2013.

TRACKLIST

1. Nobody Else Will Be There (04:39)
2. Day I Die (04:31)
3. Walk It Back (05:59)
4. The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness (03:56)
5. Born to Beg (04:22)
6. Turtleneck (03:00)
7. Empire Line (05:23)
8. I'll Still Destroy You (05:15)
9. Guilty Party (05:38)
10. Carin at the Liquor Store (03:33)
11. Dark Side of the Gym (04:50)
12. Sleep Well Beast (06:31)