The National - Mistaken for Strangers Video

The National
Mistaken for Strangers
Video

The National release a new single, Mistaken for Strangers on April 30th 2007.

The National formed in 1999, when five friends from Cincinnati, Ohio met again after all of them had relocated to Brooklyn, NY. They are Aaron Dessner (guitars, bass), Bryce Dessner (guitar), Scott Devendorf (guitar; bass), Bryan Devendorf (drums) and Matt Berninger (vocals).

For years the band had received critical praise but it wasn't until 2005's Alligator that a wider audience finally discovered them. Alligator ended up in the higher echelons of scores of year-end critics' lists and the band found themselves selling out large venues across Europe, the UK and the US.

Written over the course of thirteen months at their homes in Brooklyn, NY, the long-awaited album, Boxer, is the result of a lot of hard work and marks a new chapter in the band's career. Mostly recorded at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, CT (some additional recording was done by the band and Brandon Reid in Brooklyn, NY and White Sulphur Springs, WV), it was then produced and mixed by the band and Peter Katis (Interpol, Spoon). Boxer hits as high as Alligator but is a different record - just another classic album from a band on top form.

Boxer will be released on May 21st on Beggars Banquet preceded by single 'Mistaken For Strangers' on Apr 30th.

TOUR DATES:
May 22nd London Astoria
May 23rd Paris La Maroquinerie
May 25th Berlin Magnet
May 28th New York Bowery Ballroom (w.The Broken West)
May 29th New York Bowery Ballroom (w. Doveman)
May 30th New York Bowery Ballroom (w. My Brightest Diamond)
May 31st New York Bowery Ballroom (w. Elysian Fields)