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The National have got into the festive spirit by making yet another cameo in Bob's Burgers. Check it out below.
The band have appeared in the cult US animated comedy before (previously as gravy), but now, they've surfaced again as elf Christmas decorations to perform the melancholy and oh-so-National track, 'Christmas Magic'.
Watch their appearance below
The National recently wrapped up their touring campaign for their stunning 2013 album Trouble Will Find Me with an epic show at The O2 in London. Read our review of the gig here, and why they're one of the best live bands of 2014 here.
When Gigwise asked about how progress on their seventh album was going earlier this year, Berninger replied: "Very slow, only because everybody wants to change the way we work from the past. Not because it doesn't work but I think we all feel that if we make another record like we've made the last three or four - we don't need to do that.
He continued: "We're talking about getting together, which won't be until about October, taking a little break and then getting together to try and write together in a room - which we've never done. We always work on little things and email back and forth. We have no idea whether it's going to work or not, but that's as far as we've got with the new record: trying to work out a plan and a different approach.
"That might fail miserably, but then we'll try it a different way."
When asked if the band had any idea or hopes on what their next record could sound like, Berninger said: "No, not really. Everybody's been talking about it and people have different ideas about what kind of record they want to make. But every time we all talk about that, it never helps anyone figure it out. It's never a very good creative catalyst to say 'I'm going to make this kind of record'. It's never been that helpful for me at least, let's just wait to see where things go organically and naturally.
"It's not going to be a hip-hop record, I'm pretty sure. I wish we could but I'm terrible at that, I've tried."
