“Dark Side of the Gym” by The National

"Dark Side of the Gym" comes from Sleep Well Beast, the National's seventh studio album, which 4AD released on September 8, 2017. Aaron and Bryce Dessner wrote the music, Matt Berninger and Carin Besser the words; Aaron produced with Bryce as co-producer, and Peter Katis mixed. The record was made in an 18th-century barn in New York's Hudson Valley that Aaron Dessner bought and rebuilt as a studio.

The credits sprawl like a chamber orchestra: violins, violas, cellos and double basses, flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon, two horn players, Kyle Resnick on trumpet and flugelhorn, Katia Labèque at the piano, electronic drums from Erwan Castex and Alex Ridha. Justin Vernon plays synthesizer and sings alongside Lisa Hannigan, Arone Dyer and Resnick. The album went on to win the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in 2018.

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