Deluxe Colored Vinyl 2LP Reissue of Solo Debut with Six Bonus Tracks including Two Originals and Four Covers!

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Following the success of his Booker T. Jones-produced stunning solo debut LP, Serpentine Prison, National frontman Matt Berninger releases a deluxe colored vinyl 2LP reissue of the album featuring six brand new bonus songs recorded during the original sessions. Aside from the original composition "Let It Be," the deluxe edition includes four cover songs: Eddie Floyd's "Big Bird", Morphine's "In Spite Of Me," Bettye Swan's "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" and the Velvet Underground's "European Son". Rounding out the deluxe edition is an additional new song Berninger wrote, titled "The End."

These additional tracks also feature the same backing band, comprising of Andrew Bird, Gail Anne Dorsey (David Bowie), Mickey Raphael (Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan) Scott Devendorf (The National), Matt Barrick and Walter Martin (The Walkmen, Jonathan Fire*Eater), Kyle Resnick and Ben Lanz (Beirut, The National), Teddy Jones (Booker T), Brent Knopf (Menomena), Matt Sheehy, Mike Brewer, Harrison Whitford (Phoebe Bridgers), Hayden Desser (Hayden), and Sean O'Brien.

Serpentine Prison was originally released on October 16, 2020. Inspired by Willie Nelson's 1978 Stardust, the album was originally envisaged as a cover record. The album enjoyed a positive reception from both fans and critics alike with Candace McDuffie from Paste writing "'Serpentine Prison' displays infinite promise from an artist who has already given us a catalog that has made a lasting impact on rock music as we know it." Said Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone, "The result is a set of forlorn ballads that start spare and gather beauty as they grow."