AUDIOVISUALS: The National - Terrible Love (Alternate Version)

As much as I sometimes forget just how good ‘High Violet’ really is and as lacking in flaws as it already is, it wouldn’t have been a bad move in making this the actual opening track of the record. The more pacey crescendo adds an awful lot to the already fairly pent-up demeanour of the song, but it doesn’t quite fit the mood of the rest of The National’s latest long-player. So perhaps it was the right decision to release it separately after all.  

Stream the original version of the song.