Playlist
The National: Influences
Apple Music Alternative
Tracks: 1464:34
The ghosts of post-punk past meet latter-day singer/songwriters.
Updated Sep 27, 2017
Tracks 14
- 1Substance 1977-19803:26
- 2Lovely Creatures - The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1984-2014)4:13
- 3Complete6:47
- 4Ordenando ROCK3:31
- 5Closing Time (Remastered)3:56
- 6The Complete Studio Albums Collection5:15
- 7Tindersticks3:29
- 8Beautiful Freak3:34
- 9Summerteeth3:53
- 10Greatest Hits3:56
- 11The Bends4:50
- 12Midnight to Midnight4:12
- 13Black Love5:59
- 14Bring on the Snakes (Remastered)7:27
About this playlist
In the shadows of The National's melancholic melodies are the ghosts of post-punk past and shades of latter-day singer/songwriters. Hints of a world-weary Tom Waits and a wistful Bruce Springsteen hide in Matt Berninger's husky baritone, while traces of Joy Division's sparse, rhythmic existentialism, The Smiths' dark and witty guitar pop and Nick Cave's smouldering piano elegies are heard throughout.