The National announce free download

It all bodes extremely well for their new High Violet album!

The Hot Press Newsdesk, 25 Mar 2010

Electric Picnic attendees The National have made a new track, ‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’, available for free highviolet.com download.

It’s the first taster from their High Violet album, which is out here on May 7, and also features ‘Terrible Love’, ‘Sorrow’, ‘Anyone’s Ghost’, ‘Little Faith’, ‘Afraid Of Everyone’, ‘Lemonworld’, ‘Runaway’, ‘Conversation 16’, ‘England’ and ‘Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks’.

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