The National's Matt Berninger on battling depression, working with Taylor Swift and what's next

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The National's two sold out London shows, we dragged frontman Matt Berninger down to the very bowels of Alexandra Palace to talk about his battle with depression and writer's block, relighting the flame, their two 2023 albums 'First Two Pages Of Frankenstein' and 'Laugh Track', working with Phoebe Bridgers and Taylor Swift, the future of the band, and Dos Apes – with sitcom written with brother Tom.