Watch The National’s Matt Berninger play solo material for the first time and air new album ‘Get Sunk’ in Leeds

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Matt Berninger has played his solo material live for the first time, and aired his new album ‘Get Sunk’ at his show in Leeds.The National frontman released his debut album ‘Serpentine Prison’ in 2020, but could not perform any of the tracks because of COVID.

His new album ‘Get Sunk’ is due to arrive on 30th May via Concord/Book Records. Visit here to pre-order the new album.Berninger has now played two intimate, sold-out, shows at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club, on April 2 and 3, where he performed his solo material live for the first time – including unreleased snippets from his upcoming album.Some of the songs he played included live debuts of ‘Inland Ocean’, ‘Breaking Into Acting’, ‘Junk’, ‘One More Second’, and ‘Little By Little’.

He also played The National’s track ‘Gospel’. Watch some footage of Berninger performing at the intimate Leeds show below.A post shared by Brudenell Social Club (@nath_brudenell)‘Inland Ocean’‘No Love’ ‘Distant Axis’ ‘Bonnet of Pins’ ‘Breaking Into Acting’ ‘Frozen Oranges’ ‘Serpentine Prison’ ‘Silver Springs’ ‘Let It Be’ ‘Junk’ ‘All For Nothing’ ‘One More Second’ ‘Silver Jeep’‘Little By Little’‘Gospel’‘Time of Difficulty’ Berninger is also set to play intimate shows at London’s KEF Music Gallery and Union Chapel, both accompanied by a Q&A hosted by Huw Stephens and Matt Everitt, respectively.

The Leeds show had a Q&A between Berninger and BBC Radio 6’s Chris Hawkins.Following these April dates, Berninger will embark on a tour across North America, the UK, and Europe.These kick off with a series of North American stops this spring, commencing in Seattle on May 19.