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The National Releasing Boxer (Live In Brussels) for Record Store Day

The National Record Store Day 2018

While touring Europe last fall in support of Sleep Well Beast, the National surprised their audience in Brussels by performing their 2007 album Boxer in full. We already knew they were planning to play Boxer front-to-back once again at their inaugural Homecoming Festival next month in Cincinnati, this time with advance notice. What we did not know before today is that they also recorded the original Brussels performance to be released as a live album.

Boxer (Live In Brussels) will be a Record Store Day exclusive, which means it drops 4/21 — eight days before the National close out their fest with that second Boxer performance. Some other notable RSD exclusives announced today:

  • A metal “Stay Gold” box set from this year’s RSD ambassadors Run The Jewels
  • A collaborative 12″ by Brian Eno and My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields called “The Weight Of History”
  • A Fleet Foxes 7″ featuring the band performing “Crack-Up” with Icelandic women’s choir Graduale Nobli at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik last year, backed by “In The Morning” recorded live at the 2017 Montreux Jazz Festival
  • A Flaming Lips 7″ featuring “Pouring Beer In Your Ear (The Beer Song)” and “The Story Of Yum Yum And Dragon,” two original songs inspired by the new Dogfish Head beer Dragons & YumYums
  • Neil Young’s 2xLP Tonight’s The Night Live At The Roxy

A full list of official RSD releases can be found here.

This story originally appeared on Stereogum