The lead single from The National’s highly anticipated fifth album High Violet premiered this morning on the Lauren Laverne show on UK radio station BBC 6 Music. You can listen to the audio from the show below.

UPDATE: CD quality version is now available below.

MP3: The National – “Bloodbuzz Ohio”

High Violet is due to be released May 11th on 4AD (May 10th in the UK) and the “Bloodbuzz Ohio” single is released a week earlier.