The National, “You Had Your Soul with You”

The National
“You Had Your Soul With You”
I Am Easy to Find (out 05.17 on 4AD)
We millennials are fickle bastards, man. After releasing a trio of fantastic albums, it only took me one snoozer (2013’s “Trouble Will Find Me”) to basically write off the Ohio quintet as a spent force. I was shocked by how much I loved the back-half of 2017’s “Trouble Will Find Me,” and this jittery new single builds on the disc’s momentum. Over sporadic flourishes of electric guitar and stutter-stepping drums, Matt Berninger luxuriates in his misery declaring “I’ve got it worse than anyone.” With fans like me, maybe he’s got a point.