The National's Matt Berninger Announces Second Solo Album 'Get Sunk' And Accompanying Tour Dates
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Chantal Anderson
The National’s Matt Berninger has laid out plans for his second solo album.
The follow-up to 2020's Booker T Jones-produced 'Serpentine Prison' is titled 'Get Sunk' and will arrive on May 30 via Book/Concord Records. Mostly recorded and co-written with Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer Sean O'Brien, the album came about following what Berninger described as, "a long period of writer’s block and self-disgust. I just got sick of asking myself 'Why am I like this?'"
Berninger was also joined by several musicians in the studio, including Meg Duffy of Hand Habits, Julia Laws of Ronboy, Kyle Resnick of Beirut and The National's touring band, The Walkmen's Walter Martin and Paul Maroon, Garret Lang, Sterling Laws, Booker T Jones, and Harrison Whitford.
Alongside the news, the singer-songwriter has shared the record's first single, Bonnet Of Pins, a propulsive indie-rock track that features horn flourishes and choral backing vocals. Press play below.
He'll support the LP with North American shows between May 19 and 30, followed by UK and European gigs that run from August 23 to September 5 and include an appearance at End Of The Road Festival in Dorset.
He'll be accompanied on stage by the core band that recorded 'Get Sunk', with Ronboy (Julia Laws) serving as the opening act. Tickets for all dates go on general sale at 10am local time on Friday (March 14).
The National, meanwhile, released two albums in 2023, 'First Two Pages of Frankenstein' and 'Laugh Track'. Last December, they put out the live album 'Rome'.
'Get Sunk' tracklist:
1. Inland Ocean
2. No Love
3. Bonnet of Pins
4. Frozen Oranges
5. Breaking Into Acting [featuring Hand Habits]
6. Nowhere Special
7. Little by Little
8. Junk
9. Silver Jeep [featuring Ronboy]
10. Times of Difficulty
Matt Berninger Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Mon May 19 2025 - SEATTLE Washington - Showbox (USA)
Tue May 20 2025 - SAN FRANCISCO California - Bimbos 365 Club (USA)
Wed May 21 2025 - LOS ANGELES California - Palace Theatre (USA)
Fri May 23 2025 - MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota - First Avenue (USA)
Sat May 24 2025 - CHICAGO Illinois - Thalia Hall (USA)
Mon May 26 2025 - TORONTO Ontario - Concert Hall (Canada)
Wed May 28 2025 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Union Transfer (USA)
Thu May 29 2025 - WASHINGTON District of Columbia - Lincoln Theatre (USA)
Fri May 30 2025 - NEW YORK New York - Webster Hall (USA)
Sat August 23 2025 - DUBLIN Vicar Street
Mon August 25 2025 - GLASGOW SWG3 Galvanizers Yard
Tue August 26 2025 - MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Wed August 27 2025 - LONDON Troxy
Sun August 31 2025 - UTRECHT Tivoli Vredenburg (Netherlands)
Mon September 01 2025 - ANTWERP Olt Rivierenhof (Belgium)
Tue September 02 2025 - PARIS Elysee Montmartre (France)
Wed September 03 2025 - BERLIN Huxleys (Germany)
Thu September 04 2025 - COPENHAGEN Vega (Denmark)
Fri September 05 2025 - OSLO Rockefeller Music Hall (Norway)
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