NPR Music To Livestream The National Performing New Album ‘Sleep Well Beast’

The National will perform a special concert tonight at Union Transfer in Philadelphia. If you can’t make it to the show in Philly in person there’s an option to stream live for free from home or wherever you have an internet connection.

Tonight’s The National concert at Union Transfer will feature a complete performance of their album Sleep Well Beast, which will officially be released on Friday by 4AD. The new record was produced by the group’s Aaron Dessner with co-production also credited to his band mates Bryce Dessner and Matt Berninger. The follow-up to 2013’s Trouble Will Find Me was recorded at Aaron Dessner’s Hudson Valley, New York studio Long Pond, with additional sessions held in Berlin, Paris and Los Angeles.

Presented by NPR Music First Listen Live and WXPN’s World Cafe, tonight’s livestream begins at 8 p.m. ET. Follow this link to tune in live.

Check out the video for the Sleep Well Beast single “Day I Die” here:

Sleep Well Beast Tracklist

1. Nobody Else Will Be There
2. Day I Die
3. Walk It Back
4. The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
5. Born to Beg
6. Turtleneck
7. Empire Line
8. I’ll Still Destroy You
9. Guilty Party
10. Carin at the Liquor Store
11. Dark Side of the Gym
12. Sleep Well Beast