The National to release new album Sleep Well Beast on double vinyl

On white or blue wax.

The National will release their seventh stdio album Sleep Well Beast via 4AD on the 8th September, Pitchfork reports.

Since the release of 2013’s Trouble Will Find Me, The National have been collaborating with Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, with whom they released the epic Sorrow box set. Bryce and Aaron Dessner have also since played with Ragnar’s Bel-Air Glamour troupe at the Barbican in London.

Teased videos featuring clips of new music and the phrase ‘The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness,’ Sleep Well Beast is now available to pre-order on double vinyl from the 4AD online shop, in both white vinyl and an indie’s-only blue vinyl edition. You can also listen to new track ‘The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness’ above.

Check out the tracklist (including the superbly named ‘Dark Side Of The Gym’) and artwork below, and look out for more news ahead of the release on 8th September.

Tracklist:

02. DAY I DIE

03. WALK IT BACK

04. THE SYSTEM ONLY DREAMS IN TOTAL DARKNESS

05. BORN TO BEG

06. TURTLENECK

07. EMPIRE LINE

08. I’LL STILL DESTROY YOU

09. GUILTY PARTY

10. CARIN AT THE LIQUOR STORE

11. DARK SIDE OF THE GYM

12. SLEEP WELL BEAST