During their 10 year career, The National have released five albums and two EP’s. Rarely have they distanced themselves from their sound that they’re so obviously comfortable in. High Violet is no different. This time around, Matt Berninger’s vocals are actually audible and easy to transcribe, compared to a lot of their other work in which you had to squint your ears to even understand a single word he was saying. Berninger mumbles a lot. But in this case, it works....