The members of
The National fan out more and more after 20 years. Bryce Dessner was already part of several collaborations, his brother Aaron was the creative brain behind the youngest
Taylor Swift album and drummer Bryan Devendorf made a record like Royal Green this year. After the project
EL VY (2015) it is now the turn of singer Matt Beringer to launch his solo debut. He approached the music
… legend Booker T. Jones. The goal was a cover album à la Stardust of Willie Nelson, his father's favorite and produced by Jones. However, he was much more charmed by Berninger's own work. In it the singer sounds a lot more frugal and looser than in the sometimes very swollen recent work of The National. Although the lyrics are about 'shit I'm dealing with, or that people I know are dealing with'. Hopefully they will also find solace in beautiful songs like One More Second, Silver Springs (a renewed collaboration with Gail Ann Dorsey) and climax All For Nothing. (RME)more
