New National Album: High Violet

May is shaping up to be a prime time for festival-ready indie rock with the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Broken Social Scene, Band of Horses, the Black Keys, and the Hold Steady releasing new albums that month. Here's another big name: The National's fifth LP, High Violet, is due out May 10 in the UK and May 11 everywhere else via 4AD. We chatted with frontman Matt Berninger about it in January; check it out here. They've already got a slew of tour dates lined up for the spring, and you can check t...

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