The National - You Had Your Soul with You

A: The National
S: You Had Your Soul with You

On The National's latest single the National are Nationaling again, but then another human sings. A non-Berninger voice on a National song feels like a coyote loose in a public park—how did it get here? Is it okay? And not just any human, but David Bowie bandmate Gail Ann Dorsey. The moment is revelatory, and as the song opens up into a sunset of strings and woodwinds, the National reveal a distant new horizon for what was once the most narrowly focused indie rock band in existence.

... you have no idea how hard I died when you left.