About Today- The National

I do not know where to begin with "About Today" by The National. It is a song that gets me choked up if I am in that kind of mood. Matt Berninger, the singer and songwriter, just has one of those voices, emotional and powerful. He is definitely in my top ten favorite male voices, possibly top five. The funny thing, I never heard any music by The National until I watched the movie Warrior in 2011. Thanks to my Tom Hardy crush, I found a new favorite band.

Their first album was released in 2001 and I was pregnant at the time. During my early mommy years you can only imagined that music took a backseat in my life. Now that I finally have time again I am really playing catch up and very happy to be doing it with The National. "About Today" is on the Cherry Tree EP. A slightly different, longer version of it was used in Warrior. I prefer the original. "Start A War" from the album Boxer was also used in the film. 

High Violet was the band's fifth album and released in 2010. It made it to #3 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums. I recommend the songs "Terrible Love, Sorrow, Bloodbuzz Ohio, Lemonworld and Conversation 16". 

I am anxiously awaiting their new album, Trouble Will Find Me, due out on May 21, 2013. 

I would also check out the songs "Apartment Story, Slow Show, Thirsty, Patterns of Fairytales, Beautiful Head, Son, The Perfect Song, Cherry Tree, All The Wine, Reasonable Man (I Don't Mind) & Think You Can Wait".
If you haven't seen Warrior do yourself a solid (as my son would say) and watch it.