The National will release its seventh album—and fourth since achieving suave-n-gloomy perfection with 2005’s Alligator—on September 8, and will commence a world tour shortly thereafter. Sleep Well Beast was produced by the band’s own Aaron Dessner, whose production credits include the likes of Sharon Van Etten and Frightened Rabbit. The full track list is below, along with tour dates and a video for “The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness.” (That title sounds more like it belongs to Interpol, no?) You can pre-order the beast right here, presumably in the usual array of formats.
Nobody Else Will Be There
Day I Die
Walk It Back
The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
Born to Beg
Turtleneck
Empire Line
I’ll Still Destroy You
Guilty Party
Carin at the Liquor Store
Dark Side of the Gym
Sleep Well Beast
9/16/17 – Cork Opera House / Sounds From a Safe Harbour – Cork, Ireland
9/17/17 – Vicar Street – Dublin, Ireland
9/18/17 – Vicar Street – Dublin, Ireland
9/20/17 – Usher Hall – Edinburgh, Scotland
9/21/17 – Usher Hall – Edinburgh, Scotland
9/22/17 – O2 Apollo – Manchester, England
9/23/17 – O2 Apollo – Manchester, England
9/25/17 – Eventim Hammersmith Apollo – London
9/26/17 – Eventim Hammersmith Apollo – London
9/27/17 – Eventim Hammersmith Apollo – London
9/28/17 – Eventim Hammersmith Apollo – London
10/05/17 – Wang Theatre – Boston
10/06/17 – Forest Hills Stadium – New York
10/11/17 – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles
10/12/17 – CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre – San Diego
10/14/17 – Greek Theatre – Berkeley, California
10/21/17 – Elbphilharmonie – Hamburg, Germany
10/23/17 – Tempodrom – Berlin
10/24/17 – Tempodrom – Berlin
10/25/17 – AFAS Live – Amsterdam
10/28/17 – Coliseum – Lisbon, Portugal
10/30/17 – Bozar – Brussels, Belgium
10/31/17 – Bozar – Brussels, Belgium
11/02/17 – 11/04/17 – Pitchfork Paris, Paris
11/04/17 – Annexet – Stockholm
11/05/17 – Annexet – Stockholm
11/06/17 – Sentrum Scene – Oslo
11/07/17 – Sentrum Scene – Oslo
11/27/17 – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall – Portland, Oregon
11/28/17 – Paramount Theatre – Seattle
11/29/17 – Paramount Theatre – Seattle
12/01/17 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Vancouver BC
12/04/17 – Verizon Hall – Philadelphia
12/07/17 – Metropolis – Montreal
12/08/17 – Metropolis – Montreal
12/09/17 – Sony Centre – Toronto
12/10/17 – Hamilton Place Theatre – Hamilton, Ontario
12/12/17 – Civic Opera House – Chicago
12/13/17 – Civic Opera House – Chicago