The National Announce New Album 'Sleep Well Beast'

(Radio.com) After teasing fans, The National have announced that they will release their seventh studio album, which will be entitled "Sleep Well Beast," on September 8th.

For the past few days, the band teased fans with mysterious clips on social media about the new studio effort with posts that included phrase "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness."

Now, posters have surfaced, which feature the album's title and release date. The poster features a faded grey-scale image of the band working in a remote studio. The same image now appears on the band's website.

This record will be The National's highly anticipated follow-up to the 2013 Trouble Will Find Me and 2015's A Lot of Sorrow, a collaboration with Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson. Watch the clips here.