The National Stay Up Late to Perform ‘Tropic Morning News’ on Fallon

The National took to the late night phase Friday to perform “Tropic Morning News” on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Frontman Matt Berninger led the vocals while backed with bandmates Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, and Scott Devendorf.

In January, the group revealed their approaching album First Two Pages of Frankenstein, sharing “Tropic Morning News” as the task’s lead single. The following month, they launched “New Order T-Shirt,” the 2nd pre-release track from their ninth studio album set for release on April 28.

The album is the band’s initially considering that 2019’s I Am Easy to Find, and includes unique visitor looks from Taylor Swift, Sufjan Stevens, and Phoebe Bridgers, who appears on 2 of the 11 tunes.

In a declaration, Berninger stated the brand-new record was born from a “extremely dark area where I couldn’t develop lyrics or tunes at all.” He included, “Even though we’d constantly been distressed whenever we were working on a record, this was the very first time it ever seemed like possibly things actually had actually come to an end.” Eventually, the band “handled to return together and method whatever from a various angle, and due to the fact that of that we got to what seems like a brand-new age for the band.”

The National will embark on a 19-date North American tour in May.