hold ourselves together with our arms around the stereo

you're going to be hearing a lot about the national this week. their 4th full-length, boxer, comes out today. we've already featured two tracks here, and i emailed a third, hauntingly sappy one to friends i miss from home. how about another?

the national - apartment story

mtv's subterranean premiered the band's video for "mistaken for strangers," track two on the album, and seven on jeff's mix. i wanna be the guy in headphones.