The National's Matt Berninger announces second solo album, Get Sunk

Berninger worked on the project with Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer Sean O’Brien who also co-wrote many of the songs. Extra contributions on the release come from the help of numerous musicians and friends including Meg Duffy (Hand Habits), Julia Laws (Ronboy), Kyle Resnick (The National, Beirut), Garret Lang, Sterling Laws, Booker T Jones, Harrison Whitford, Mike Brewer, and The Walkmen’s Walter Martin and Paul Maroon.

Berninger has also announced North American and UK/EU dates in support of Get Sunk.

In his work with The National, Berninger is known for contemplative narratives in which characters peer over the cliff’s edge. He has always been forthcoming about his own mental and emotional pitfalls. “Our hearts are like old wells filled with pennies and worms,” he explains. “I can’t resist going down to the bottom of mine to see what else is there. But sometimes you can get yourself stuck.”

In 2020, he went through “a long period of writer’s block and self-disgust. I just got sick of asking myself ‘Why am I like this?’” For Berninger, identity is amorphous, ever-evolving and stretches beyond individuality. This is the driving force of his second solo album.

Tracklist:

1. Inland Ocean
2. No Love
3. Bonnet of Pins
4. Frozen Oranges
5. Breaking Into Acting (feat. Hand Habits)
6. Nowhere Special
7. Little by Little
8. Junk
9. Silver Jeep (feat. Ronboy)
10. Times of Difficult