The National debut melancholy new song ‘Eucalyptus’

nme.com:

The National have shared a melancholy new song, ‘Eucalyptus’ – check it out below.The track’s release was announced yesterday and marks the third taster the band have shared, after ‘New Order T-Shirt’ and ‘Tropic Morning News’, to be taken from the band’s upcoming album ‘First Two Pages Of Frankenstein’.

The album is scheduled to drop on April 28 via 4AD and will feature collaborations with Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers and Sufjan Stevens.

Per a press release, Bryce Dessner sent the song to Matt Berninger a long time ago, which he later added lyrics to after remembering the song.

He then asked to play it during a soundcheck before their Capitol Theatre show last year.“We rehearsed it twice without ever having had a demo and played it to the audience that night, and what you hear on the album was partially recorded during that performance,” Berninger explained. “It’s got this raw, immediate feeling, and it made sense to leave the rough edges instead of trying to perfect them.”He added: “Throughout the record there’s a lot of looking into the abyss and wondering if a relationship has run its course.