Like a fighter answering the bell for the fifteenth round, Ohio-cum-New York group The National are still standing but are showing the toll that more than 18 months on the road behind their 2010 album High Violet can do.
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The National has good news and bad news. The good news: The critically acclaimed Brooklyn indie-rockers may start work on their next album sooner than expected. The bad news: It might make no difference in the long run.
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