Continuing to tour on the strength of their latest studio effort, 2017’s Sleep Well Beast, Cincinnati based rockers The National gave a passionate performance to their DC area fans in the Woodlands at Merriweather Post Pavilion among what turned out to be a monstrous two hour-plus set.
Sleep Well Beast marks the seventh studio album for The National and along with critical acclaim from just about every major music publication, the release took home a Grammy Award for “Best Alternative Music Album” in 2017.
Their performance drew heavily from the latest record including “Nobody Else Will Be There,” “Day I Die,” “Guilty Party,” and “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness.” The National touched upon earlier records with material from 2013’s Trouble Will Find Me LP including “Don’t Swallow the Cap,” “Sea of Love,” “Graceless,” and “Slow Show” off 2007’s LP Boxer.
THE NATIONAL
PHOEBE BRIDGERS
SETLIST
Nobody Else Will Be There
The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
Walk It Back
Guilty Party
Sea of Love
Don’t Swallow the Cap
Bloodbuzz Ohio
I Need My Girl
Morning Dew (cover)
Mistaken for Strangers
Slow Slow
I’ll Still Destroy You
Light Years
Daughters of the Soho Riots
Day I Die
Carin at the Liquor Store
Graceless
Ryan
Fake Empire
ENCORE
Hard to Find
Mr. November
Terrible Love
Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
