The National, who rose to the top of US indie in both name and reality with the Grammy Award-winning 2017 album Sleep Well Beast, return with their ninth studio album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein!
Producing the album, the band is joined by new and old allies, including Taylor Swift, the pop icon of the century with whom they formed a close friendship through the Corona disaster, as well as Phoebe Bridgers and Sufian Stevens.
The album contains 11 songs that successfully revitalized the band's chemistry by overcoming various predicaments and approaching the songs from new angles with the members.
The band's expressive power has deepened, and a new masterpiece has been born, a masterpiece befitting the beginning of a new chapter, in which the band is convinced that it has entered a new zone.
The Japanese domestic CD version of this album comes with commentary, bilingual lyrics, and additional bonus tracks.