New The National - "Bloodbuzz Ohio"

May is shaping up to be a packed month of new music releases with Band Of Horses, Broken Social Scene, The Hold Steady, New Pornographers, The Dead Weather, The Black Keys, and LCD Soundsystem all dropping new albums in month five of 2010, but there may not be any record we're more excited for than The National's High Violet. Their last album, Boxer, was not only one of 2008's best but in the ensuing two years it's become one of The Dirtywhirl's all-time favorite records. The band debuted the opening track, "Terrible Love," on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon a few weeks back and yesterday "Bloodbuzz Ohio" hit radio. (Side note: This is why music/technology in 2010 is great. The track plays on the radio in the morning. Someone rips it and posts it online. By the afternoon the label has released the album version as a free download. What a country). "Bloodbuzz Ohio" is quintessential National with Matt Berninger's distinctive baritone rumbling against a track that slowly builds and builds until it erupts. It's done nothing to quell our anticipation for High Violet. Check it out below via Pitchfork.


"Bloodbuzz Ohio" from The National's High Violet