![]() That project, “A Lot of Sorrow,” was conceived by the Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, but it required the National to acknowledge some of the comedy inherent in its gloom. Shortly before the National’s previous record, “Trouble Will Find Me,” came out, the band played the song “Sorrow” (“Sorrow found me when I was young / Sorrow waited, sorrow won”) continuously for six hours at MoMA P.S. Over the years, the group has adroitly lampooned its reputation as a collection of sad sacks. “Sleep Well Beast,” which will be released this week, is the National’s seventh full-length album, and its first since 2013. Though they all grew up around Cincinnati, the band formed after its members moved to New York. ![]() The National is made up of the vocalist Matt Berninger and two sets of brothers: Aaron and Bryce Dessner, and Scott and Bryan Devendorf. Illustration by Mike McQuade Photograph from WENN / Alamy The band has always sung about regret, but the new album has an elegiac feel.
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