The National perform 'Don't Swallow The Cap' on Letterman
21 May 2013, 10:38
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Luke Morgan Britton
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With their new album out this week (yesterday in the UK, today in North America), The National thought it a perfect time to make a now-obliged appearance on late-night U.S talk show, The Late Show with David Letterman.
Running through Trouble Will Find Me track ‘Don’t Swallow The Cap’, the Brooklyn band deliver a composed performance their detractors will call boring and that their yay-sayers will deem infinitely faultless.
Watch in full beneath:
[via CoS]
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