Hey, I'm Nora Jones, and today I'm playing along with Matt Bermaninger and Bryce Dessner from the National.

I'm just playing along with you.

I'm just playing along with you.

Hey, everyone.

Welcome to the show.

I'm Nora. And with me is Sarah Oda.

Hey, oh, how are you? I'm good. Today we have two fantastic musicians in the studio with us, vocalist Matt Berninger and guitarist, piano keyboard player Bryce Destner of The National.

The National. We had fun doing this episode. This was another one from our packed L.A. trip. Yeah. Back in, when did we do this? We did this right around the time their album came out, which was April. I'm going to say May. April. It was April. It was Willie's birthday week. Yes, that's right. That's how you remember it. We had a lot of fun. I've been listening to this band for a long time and I was so excited to get to hang. I've met Bryce many times, but I've never met Matt and it was so fun to hear his voice in the room. Yeah. To set the scene, it was like a pretty tiny little studio space with the piano in there.

And there was a TV monitor with a crackling fireplace video, like a u-law, if you will, in the corner.

It was super cozy.

Since their self-titled debut album in 2001, they've released nine studio albums, including their latest release earlier this year, titled The First Two Pages of Frankenstein.

It's a great album. Got to check it out and check their tour dates in case they're in a city near you. They're an incredible live band.

I hope you enjoy this episode. We had a lot of fun. Check it out. Matt Bermaninger and Bryce Desner from the National. Please enjoy. don't make this any harder everybody's waiting

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once upon a pool side

underneath the lights

What was the wine thing you said to me?

I'll follow you everywhere while you work the room

I don't know how you're doing

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