La scorsa settimana si è scolta la 60° edizione dei Grammy Awards e i National non hanno presenziato alla cerimonia.

La band di Cincinnati, grazie all’ultimo album Sleep Well Beast, si aggiudicata il premio per il  Best Alternative Album, riuscendo ad avere la meglio sugli Everything Now degli Arcade Fire, Humaz dei Gorillaz, American Dream degli LCD Sounsystem e Pure Comedy di Father John Misty.

Intervistato da PitchforkAaron Dessner dichiarato che la band non si aspettava questo riconoscimento e che quando è stata data la notizia stavano lavorando sul nuovo album.

We were actually upstate at Long Pond, working on music, Matt (Berninger) and Bryce (Dessner) and I.

It would have been fun to be there, but it was also fun to be up where we made the record. It was just a nice moment sitting by the fire and drinking some wine and talking about it.Obviously you get a lot of emails and texts from people you haven’t seen in a long time.

But I think the day after, we kind of forgot about it and were back to feeling like we might not write another great song again, so you gotta work your ass off.