On March 4, The National performed an intimate last-minute show at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, N.Y. During the set, they performed their entire new album, The First Two Pages of Frankenstein, which is set to release next month, in order at the start of the show, sans their song with Taylor Swift, "The Alcott."
Many of the songs at the beginning of the show marked the live debut of the tracks due to the fact they've yet to be released to the general public at all. They opened the show with the live debut of "Once Upon a Poolside" and continued with the forthcoming LP's tracklist moving from "Eucalyptus" followed by the live debut of "New Order T-Shirt." Next came "This Isn't Helping," "Tropic Morning News," the live debut of "Alien" the next song on the tracklist is the aforementioned collaboration with Swift, which they skipped and instead played "Grease in Your Hair" and "Ice Machines" before following up with the live debuts of "Your Mind Is Not Your Friend" which features Phoebe Bridgers on the record and the albums last song "Send For Me."
They continued their performance with favorites from their discography, including "Don't Swallow the Cap," the beloved "Bloodbuzz Ohio," "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness," "Light Years" "Fake Empire," "Terrible Love," a penultimate "About Today" and performance closer "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks."
Notably, the performance was recorded live, presumably for future use.
Read more about The National's upcoming LP, The First Two Pages of Frankenstein here.
The National
The Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, N.Y.
March 4, 2023
Set: Once Upon a Poolside (Live debut), Eucalyptus, New Order T-Shirt (Live debut), This Isn't Helping, Tropic Morning News, Alien (Live debut), Grease in Your Hair, Ice Machines, Your Mind Is Not Your Friend (Live debut), Send for Me (Live debut), Don't Swallow the Cap, Bloodbuzz Ohio, The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness, Light Years, Graceless, Fake Empire, Terrible Love, About Today, Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
