Expected release 13/12

The 21-track double album is truly career spanning, and showcases scintillating versions of beloved songs like “Bloodbuzz Ohio,” “Don’t Swallow the Cap,” “I Need My Girl,” “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness,” “England” and “Fake Empire”; plus sharpened readings of recent tracks “Eucalyptus,” “New Order T-Shirt,” “Tropic Morning News” and the boundary-pushing “Smoke Detector.” 
The National’s setlist changes significantly show to show, revisiting their 25-year catalog to cast fresh light on hidden gems. For Rome that includes the show opener “Runaway,” “Lemonworld,” “The Geese of Beverly Road,” “Lit Up” and a tour de force pairing of “Humiliation” from their critically acclaimed album Trouble Will Find Me into Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers’ “Murder Me Rachael.” The Rome encore features the election anthem “Mr. November,” and, from High Violet, “Terrible Love” and the show-closing fan singalong, “Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks.” The live album was mixed by the band’s longtime collaborator Peter Katis. Reviewing a National performance this summer, NME wrote that “every song is played like it could be the last.” Rome captures that playing-for-keeps urgency on record and serves not merely as a concert souvenir but the latest vital addition to the band’s peerless catalogue.

Side A
01. Runaway
02. Eucalyptus
03. Tropic Morning News
04. New Order T-Shirt
05. Don’t Swallow The Cap

Side B
06. Bloodbuzz Ohio
07. The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness
08. I Need My Girl
09. Lemonworld
10. The Geese of Beverly Road
11. Lit Up

Side C
12. Alien
13. Humiliation
14. Murder Me Rachael
15. England
16. Graceless

Side D
17. Fake Empire
18. Smoke Detector
19. Mr November
20. Terrible Love
21. Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks