The National play two new songs live

The National played two new songs - ‘Hague Blue’ and ‘The Day I Die’ - for the first time live at a charity show last Friday. They were performing at the Welcome To Hamilton benefit; held to raise money for young Syrian refugees in Canada.

The band have built a studio in upstate New York for their ‘Trouble Will Find Me’ follow-up, and last month Aaron Dessner said that The National will “start recording soon”. Frontman Matt Berninger also said that though a new record is not due this year, the band intend on performing loads of their new songs live anyway.

Watch snippets of The National performing two new songs, ‘Hague Blue’ and ‘The Day I Die’, below.