Album review: Laugh Track, by The National, is the band's second offering of 2023

Laugh Track is billed by The National as a companion piece to First Two Pages of Frankenstein. It works just as well as a standalone 

The National have released new album, Laugh Track. 

The National, Laugh Track, ★★★★☆

 Back in the 1970s, it wasn’t unusual for artists to release two albums in the same calendar year (Bowie put out three classics over the space of 18 months). The trend is returning, with Ed Sheeran recently announcing his second LP of 2023. Beating him to the punch, however, are indie rock’s self-declared “Sad Dads”, the National whose 10th long-player, Laugh Track, lands just six months after First Two Pages of Frankenstein.