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You have to see them in concert, is what fans of The National have been preaching for years. InchThe songs transform. It's a whole other level.Inch Recorded live (without overdubs) in June 2024 at an architecturally stunning venue named for famed Italian film composer Ennio Morricone, Rome is the definitive live document of The National. The 21-track double album is truly career spanning, and showcases scintillating versions of beloved songs like InchBloodbuzz Ohio,Inch InchDon't Swallow the Cap,Inch InchI Need My Girl,Inch InchThe System Only Dreams in Total Darkness,Inch InchEnglandInch and InchFake EmpireInch; plus sharpened readings of recent tracks InchEucalyptus,Inch InchNew Order T-Shirt,Inch InchTropic Morning NewsInch and the boundary-pushing InchSmoke Detector.Inch The National's setlist changes significantly show to show, revisiting their 25-year catalog to cast fresh light on hidden gems. For Rome that includes the show opener InchRunaway,Inch InchLemonworld,Inch InchThe Geese of Beverly Road,Inch InchLit UpInch and a tour de force pairing of InchHumiliationInch from their critically acclaimed album Trouble Will Find Me into Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers' InchMurder Me Rachael.Inch The Rome encore features the election anthem InchMr. November,Inch and, from High Violet, InchTerrible LoveInch and the show-closing fan singalong, InchVanderlyle Crybaby Geeks.Inch The live album was mixed by the band's longtime collaborator Peter Katis. Reviewing a National performance this summer, NME wrote that Inchevery song is played like it could be the last.Inch Rome captures that playing-for-keeps urgency on record and serves not merely as a concert souvenir but the latest vital addition to the band's peerless catalog. Album Tracks 1. Runaway 2. Eucalyptus 3. Tropic Morning News 4. New Order T-Shirt 5. Don't Swallow the Cap 1. Bloodbuzz Ohio 2. The System
