The National released their new album First Two Pages of Frankenstein earlier this year, and now they’ve put out two more new songs, the seven-minute-long “Space Invader” and “Alphabet City.” They’re both instantly-satisfying, classic-sounding National songs, and they come with visualizers featuring animation and drawings by Pauline de Lassus and photographs by Brent Walter-Ballantyne. De Lasus and Noah Sacré directed the “Space Invader” clip. Check out both below.
The National’s tour hits NYC’s Madison Square Garden on Friday (8/18) with Patti Smith, and The National’s Homecoming Festival happens in Cincinnati this September.