{"id":3029,"date":"2023-01-18T17:30:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=3029"},"modified":"2023-01-18T13:35:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T13:35:20","slug":"the-national-first-two-pages-of-frankenstein-28apr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/the-national-first-two-pages-of-frankenstein-28apr\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-sale of the week: The National \u2013 <em>First Two Pages Of Frankenstein<\/em>, out 28 April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The National - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein\" href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/national-the-first-two-pages-of-frankenstein\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centre aligncenter\" title=\"The National - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/offer\/2304\/National.jpg\" alt=\"The National - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anchored by evocative melodies and an enthralling lyrical narrative, <strong><em>First Two Pages Of Frankenstein<\/em><\/strong> signals a thrilling new chapter in the <strong>The National<\/strong>\u2019s discography. The 11-song album was produced by the band at Long Pond Studios in upstate New York and features guest appearances by Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers and Sufjan Stevens.<\/p>\n<p><em>First Two Pages Of Frankenstein<\/em> channels the group\u2019s revitalised chemistry into a body of work that beautifully balances elegant musicality with The National\u2019s more idiosyncratic impulses. Tracks such as \u2018Grease in Your Hair\u2019 and \u2018Ice Machines\u2019 were road-tested in 2022 before they were recorded, allowing the band to hone the material in real time (another song \u2013 \u2018Weird Goodbyes\u2019, featuring Bon Iver\u2019s Justin Vernon \u2013 was released as a standalone track last August).<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>To me the power of this record has to do with the intentionality and structure of the music meeting with a lot of accidental magic,<\/em>\u201d says Aaron Dessner.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note<\/em>: The LP is initially available on limited-edition <strong>red vinyl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The National - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein\" href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/national-the-first-two-pages-of-frankenstein\">Click here<\/a> for more details and to order your copy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anchored by evocative melodies and an enthralling lyrical narrative, First Two Pages Of Frankenstein signals a thrilling new chapter in the The National\u2019s discography. The 11-song album was produced by the band at Long Pond Studios in upstate New York and features guest appearances by Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers and Sufjan Stevens. First Two Pages&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,159],"tags":[36,829,830,194,429],"class_list":["post-3029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-promotions","tag-new-release","tag-pre-sale-of-the-week","tag-pre-sale-offers","tag-special-offer","tag-the-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3031,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3029\/revisions\/3031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}