I never married but Ohio don't remember me

I'm not going to say much about this video.

Except for purrrrr - what a bleedin' ride.

The National - "Bloodbuzz Ohio" (official video) from The National on Vimeo.

And that he looks a little like this guy from Notting Hill, James Dreyfus:

Launching Violets

The National's album High Violet is due for release on May 11 and the lads in the New York Times are kind enough to stream the album for free on their website.

This album continues with the bands finesse of creating painstakingly beautiful lyrics on top of music that makes you stop in your tracks.

So far, there have been many live performances released including the album's opening track 'Terrible Love', which I think needs the intensity of a live show to really make your skin shiver.

That being said, you are in safe hands if you want some decent skin shivering because The National do a top notch job with mixing the macabre (see track 9, 'Conversation 16') with agonising romance (see track 2, 'Sorrow' and track 6 'Bloodbuzz Ohio').

Since seeing them live in The Olympia last year, my heart has actually reserved a little place for the Brooklyn-based group and so far, High Violet has just heightened my need to see them again.

Be still my bacon-laced heart.

Bloodbuzz Ohio - a feast for your ears

As I posted earlier on in the month, The National have been teasing us with some new material from their upcoming album High Violet which is set to be released in May.

Well, as I was cruising around in the snow today, Phantom FM "exclusively" played their latest wooing track, 'Bloodbuzz Ohio'.



It doesn't vary too much from their usual structure of glorious drone on top of crescendoing beauty but, still, it doesn't disappoint.

They're set to play Oxegen this summer alongside Jay-Z, The Cribs, Kasabian, Florence and the Machine, Julian Casablancas, The Black Keys, Laura Marling, Dizzee Rascal and Muse.

Have a listen to 'Bloodbuzz Ohio' and let me know what you think.