The National - Laugh Track (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl 2LP These days

These days

and wherever

Zulu musician Ndikho Xaba

guest performer Alan Starrett adds a few extra instrumental touches during the course of the record

The original 1975 release suffered from a slightly tinny sound

The National - Laugh Track (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl 2LP These daysThe surprise companion to The National's April release First Two Pages of Frankenstein, Laugh Track is the band's most freewheeling, all hands on deck album in years. If Frankenstein represented a rebuilding of trust between group members after 20+ years together, the vibrant, exploratory Laugh Track is both the product of that faith and a new statement of intent. Revelling in the license to radically upend its creative process, The National honed