http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6928291&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fthe-national%2Fplaylists.rssThe National create darkly serious, literate and lush indie rock that reached critical mass with the group's fourth album, 2007’s <I>Boxer</I>, which reached Number Five on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart. <br><br> Formed in Brooklyn, New York, the band is composed of Ohio friends Matt Berninger, whose brooding baritone is reminiscent of musical precursors like the late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis; guitarist Scott Devendorf and his drummer brother Bryan; bassist Aaron Dessner and his guitarist brother Bryce. The band has recruited a number of horn, strings and keyboard players for its albums including regular keyboardist and strings arranger Padma Newsome. <br><br> The National’s 2001 self-titled debut, self-released on Brassland Records, was heralded for its mix of melodic alt-country and bleak, introspective lyrics, but the band members had not yet quit their day jobs in the dot-com industry. After releasing a second Brassland album two years later &#8212; the similarly somber <I>Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers</I> &#8212; the band attracted the attention of established indie label Beggars Banquet. The National became a full-time band with its 2005 Beggars Banquet debut <I>Alligator</I<, on which Berninger continued his cockeyed, fatalistic meditations on dysfunctional relationships, insanity and the dark underbelly of New York nightlife. <I>Boxer</I>, released in May 2007, was hailed across the board as the band’s richest, most mature work to date. Post-Punken720Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:19:11 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6928291&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fthe-national%2Fplaylists.rss The National create darkly serious, literate and lush indie rock that reached critical mass with the group's fourth album, 2007’s <I>Boxer</I>, which reached Number Five on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart. <br><br> Formed in Brooklyn, New York, the band is composed of Ohio friends Matt Berninger, whose brooding baritone is reminiscent of musical precursors like the late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis; guitarist Scott Devendorf and his drummer brother Bryan; bassist Aaron Dessner and his guitarist brother Bryce. The band has recruited a number of horn, strings and keyboard players for its albums including regular keyboardist and strings arranger Padma Newsome. <br><br> The National’s 2001 self-titled debut, self-released on Brassland Records, was heralded for its mix of melodic alt-country and bleak, introspective lyrics, but the band members had not yet quit their day jobs in the dot-com industry. After releasing a second Brassland album two years later &#8212; the similarly somber <I>Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers</I> &#8212; the band attracted the attention of established indie label Beggars Banquet. 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