"High Violet, the fifth studio album by The National, is a nervy, melodic, explosive and beautiful set of songs that find the band at the height of their collaborative powers. The music is wide-ranging in its moods, by turns intimate and rough, expansive and spare, full of stark angles and atmosphere. Matt Berninger's singing—wild, half-broken, sly—evokes a feeling of being haunted, by love, by paranoia, by something just out of reach. High Violet may be The National's most thematically twisted record to date but it somehow also manages to be their most infectious and immediate. Produced by the band themselves, they were also assisted by Peter Katis who worked with them on previous albums Alligator and Boxer. Features the now-classics 'Terrible Love,' 'Bloodbuzz Ohio,' 'England,' and perennial show closer, 'Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks.'" - 4AD

• 180g black double vinyl pressing
• silver foil stamped gatefold jacket w/ printed inner sleeves
• music label: 4AD 2010