The National "Laugh Track" 2026-05-08 songwriting and vocals on the

songwriting and vocals on the acclaimed 10-track stunner and strategically positioned himself as the next Hendrix-like deity in black music

Composed by Brian Tyler (Fast and The Furious films

" "Bleed the Freak

Was universally acclaimed as a huge creative leap for Johns and his band mates

but charted at #2 almost a year after it's release

The National "Laugh Track" 2026-05-08 songwriting and vocals on theThe surprise companion to The National's April release First Two Pages of Frankenstein, Laugh Track is the band's most freewheeling, all hands on deck album in years. If Frankenstein represented a rebuilding of trust between group members after 20+ years together, the vibrant, exploratory Laugh Track is both the product of that faith and a new statement of intent. Reveling in the license to radically upend its creative process, The National honed most