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National treasure
A new deluxe photobook captures the reciprocal warmth of America’s most beloved band
Matt Berninger onstage at The National’s Homecoming Festival, Cincinnati, April 29, 2018
BACK in 2001, The National were just a bunch of gawky Cincinnati transplants trying to get a foothold in New York’s resurgent indie-rock scene. Nervous in front of the camera, they asked a trusted friend – Scottish photographer Graham MacIndoe, who’d worked on design projects with bassist Scott Devendorf – to take their first professional press shots in his living room.