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The National – Laugh Track (2-LP Vinyl)

$ 46.95
$ 46.95
Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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Recorded in the same creative window as *First Two Pages of Frankenstein* but arriving with a looser, more electric pulse, *Laugh Track* finds Matt Berninger and the Dessner and Devendorf brothers leaning into the kind of rambling, lived-in energy that defines a great late-night set. Collaborators including Phoebe Bridgers and Sufjan Stevens, both fixtures of the band's extended creative circle, appear here, deepening the communal spirit the band has cultivated across two decades.

The surprise companion to The National’s April release First Two Pages of Frankenstein, Laugh Track is the band’s most freewheeling, all-hands-on-deck album in years. If Frankenstein represented a rebuilding of trust between group members after 20+ years together, the vibrant, exploratory Laugh Track is both the product of that faith and a new statement of intent. Reveling in the license to radically upend its creative process, The National honed most of this material in live performances on tour, and captured those invigorated versions in impromptu sessions at producer Tucker Martine’s Portland studio. Two nights later in Vancouver, the nearly eight-minute album closer “Smoke Detector” was recorded during soundcheck, completing a body of work bristling with spontaneity and vintage rock energy that makes a perfect complement to the songs found on its more introspective predecessor.

Tracklist

Side A

1. Alphabet City
2. Deep End (Paul's In Pieces)
3. Weird Goodbyes

Side B

1. Turn Off The House
2. Dreaming
3. Laugh Track

Side C

1. Space Invader
2. Hornets
3. Coat On A Hook

Side D

1. Tour Manager
2. Crumble
3. Smoke Detector

UPC: 191400067912
Label: 4ad
Release Date: 11.17.23
Format: LP Vinyl