The National's Matt Berninger Drops Solo Track Distant Axis
Monday, 20 July 2020
Written by Spencer Lawes
The National's Matt Berninger has shared another solo single.
Distant Axis is the second single from Berninger’s upcoming solo album ‘Serpentine Prison’, following up the title track. Its warmth and intimacy echo 2013’s ‘Trouble Will Find Me’, while it's made up predominantly of strummed acoustic guitars and Berninger’s vocals up close and personal. The Booker T. Jones-produced LP is due on October 2 via Book Records.
Matt teamed up with Chris Sgroi and his brother Tom, who handled the insightful National documentary Mistaken for Strangers, to co-direct the video.
“I met Walter Martin fifteen years ago when the National opened for Walkmen on a tour of shitty clubs in the American southeast," Berninger said of the track. “On that tour, I learned a lot about how to be in a band without ruining your life. I also learned a lot about Florida, Tennessee and Georgia.
“Walt and I have stayed friends, and about three years ago we started passing ideas back and forth. Distant Axis started from a sketch Walt sent me named Savannah. I think it's about falling out of touch with someone or something you once thought would be there forever.”
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