Matt Berninger, frontman and lyricist for The National, will release his sophomore solo album, Get Sunk, on May 30 via Book/Concord Records. He worked with Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer Sean O’Brien on the record. O’Brien also co-wrote many on the songs.
Creativity abhors a vacuum, and so Berninger was aided in his journey by a cadre of likeminded musicians, including Meg Duffy (Hand Habits), Julia Laws (Ronboy), Kyle Resnick (The National, Beirut), Garret Lang, Sterling Laws, Booker T Jones, Harrison Whitford, Mike Brewer, and The Walkmen’s Walter Martin and Paul Maroon.
Lead single “Bonnet of Pins” is a churning slice of detail oriented world-building, surrounded by tidal forces that threaten to overwhelm anyone within earshot. It stays firmly within Berninger’s emotive wheelhouse but expands and refines his approach to processing emotional minutiae.
Listen below and check out some of his upcoming tour dates.
Tour Dates:
May 19 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
May 20 – San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club
May 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Palace Theatre
May 23 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
May 24 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
May 26 – Toronto, ON – Concert Hall
May 28 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
May 29 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
May 30 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
August 23 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
August 25 – Glasgow, UK – SWG3 Galvanizers
August 26 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall
August 27 – London, UK – Troxy
August 28-31 – Nr Tolland Royal, Wiltshire, UK – End Of The Road Festival
August 31 – Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli Vredenburg
September 1 – Antwerp, Belgium – Olt Rivierenhof
September 2 – Paris, France – Elysee Montmartre
September 4 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys
September 5 – Copehagen, Denmark – Vega
September 6 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller Music Hall
Get Sunk:
1. Inland Ocean
2. No Love
3. Bonnet of Pins
4. Frozen Oranges
5. Breaking Into Acting (feat. Hand Habits)
6. Nowhere Special
7. Little by Little
8. Junk
9. Silver Jeep (feat. Ronboy)
10. Times of Difficulty
Get Sunk is due out May 30 on Book/Concord Records. You can pre-order the album here. Follow Berninger on Facebook, X, and Instagram.
