The Nationwide look like gearing up for an announcement this Friday (January 13).
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The band have been sending teasers to members of their Cherry Tree fan neighborhood, hinting at one thing being introduced this week.
One Reddit consumer posted a photograph of a cutout face, with a ‘Hi there, my title is Paul’ sticker on its head. On the again is that this Friday’s date, plus the phrases “Tranquilize the Thoughts”.
One other consumer later shared that that they had acquired the identical cutout face, however theirs had the phrases “Evil Forebodings” written on the again.
Nothing else has been confirmed as of but however followers are speculating this could possibly be an album announcement and even the shock launch of recent music.
Final 12 months noticed The Nationwide return with the only ‘Bizarre Goodbyes’, a collaboration with Bon Iver. Talking concerning the tune, Matt Berninger defined: “It’s about letting go of the previous and shifting on, then later being overwhelmed by second ideas.”
As for the method of making the observe, the band’s Aaron Dessner added: “‘Bizarre Goodbyes’ was one of many first new songs we made. I used to be misusing drum machines, as regular, and stumbled onto this beat that received caught in my head – it felt like one thing solely Bryan may naturally play. We constructed the tune across the beat.”
In September, the band shared a remix of Neu!‘s 1972 observe ‘Im Glück’. Their new interpretation of the tune featured as a part of Neu!’s fiftieth anniversary boxset, which was launched on September 23 through British-German label Grönland Information.
Throughout a latest interview with NME, Bryce Dessner talked about what followers can anticipate from The Nationwide’s new materials. “It’s beginning to develop into one thing we’re actually enthusiastic about,” he mentioned. “It’s arduous to say what form it can take, however there’s a ton there.”
The Nationwide launched their eighth and most up-to-date studio album, ‘I Am Straightforward To Discover’, again in 2019.