The National’s Matt Berninger has released a solemn new song, “Let It Be,” which will appear on the upcoming deluxe edition of his 2020 solo album, Serpentine Prison. As Berninger noted on Twitter, his “Let It Be” is not a cover of the Beatles tune, although he added he wrote …
Read More »Julia Stone, Matt Berninger Release New Collaboration 'We All Have'
Julia Stone has released a new song and video, “We All Have,” from her upcoming albumSixty Summers. The track features the voice of Matt Berninger from the National. “This song is about how everything transforms and moves; even though you feel so shitty at one point, it might shift into …
Read More »Matt Berninger Is a Master of Gloomy Beauty on 'Serpentine Prison'
“I’m near the bottom/Name the blues, I’ve got ‘em,” the National frontman Matt Berninger sings on the delicately despondent “Oh, Dearie,” from his debut solo LP. It’s a song about being completely asphyxiated by fear and doubt — certainly a message for our times. But don’t call the crisis hotline …
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