Cosmic America

On this new episode of Cosmic America, we take a listen to Sleep Well Beast, the four-years-in-the-making follow-up to Trouble Will Find Me. There's a definite evolution of sound here from earlier in the decade, including guitar solos(!) and a more antiseptic, distant mix. How do these sonic shifts affect the songs? Galen and Alex go track-by-track through the whole album, as we continue our evaluation of the entire catalogue of The National.