12 Dec 2005

Lit Up (Remix)

The National

Beggars Banquet

WE SAY

The National are five friends from Cincinnati but based in Brooklyn. The Independent said they "may have just made the year's best album" with their current and third album Alligator. Uncut named it fifth best of the year. We caught them on Later recently and were seriously impressed, and the highlight was this, their new single. Watch the video here. Hear more music at their MySpace site.

CONTACTS

Melanie Gaugl, Beggars - +44 (0)20 8870 9912

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