The National Live — Sleep Well Beast Tour, Amsterdam

25 October 2017 · Amsterdam

A sold-out indoor arena somewhere in the Netherlands, deep into The National's Sleep Well Beast Tour. Red house lights wash the crowd from above; seven white beams split the dark above the stage. The crowd fills every inch of the floor — a single mass facing one direction. Stage lighting does the narrative work here: the cold white spots carry the performance, the red wash holds the room in suspension between songs.