Matt Berninger (of The National) teams up with Hand Habits for new single ‘Breaking Into Acting’

Indie music fans rejoice as Matt Berninger, lyricist and frontman of The National, has announced his second solo album ‘Get Sunk’ out May 30th. Matt has teamed up with Hand Habits for the new single ‘Breaking Into Acting’ which is out now.

The song, which features Meg Duffy (Hand Habits) on vocals, laments on the plasticity of performance. “Your mouth is always full of blood packets / You’re breaking into acting / I completely understand,” the pair sing over a slow acoustic sway. “Sometimes you have to fake forgiveness before you can actually forgive,” he explains. 

Berninger and Duffy also appear in the music video for “Breaking Into Acting” directed by Hopper Mills.

Matt Berninger on tour:

May 19 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox

May 20 – San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club *SOLD OUT

May 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Palace Theatre

May 23 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue

May 24 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall *SOLD OUT

May 26 – Toronto, ON – Concert Hall

May 28 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer

May 29 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre

May 30 – New York, NY – Webster Hall *SOLD OUT

June 1 – Norwalk, CT – District Music Hall

August 22 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street 

August 23 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street *SOLD OUT

August 25 – Glasgow, UK – SWG3 Galvanizers

August 26 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall

August 27 – London, UK – Troxy

August 28-31 – Nr Tolland Royal, Wiltshire, UK – End Of The Road Festival

August 31 – Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli Vredenburg *SOLD OUT

September 1 – Antwerp, Belgium – OLT Rivierenhof *SOLD OUT

September 2 – Paris, France – Elysee Montmartre

September 4 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys

September 5 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega

September 6 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller Music Hall

September 8 – Hamburg, Germany – Große Freiheit 36

September 9 – Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli Vredenburg

September 10 – Antwerp, Belgium – OLT Rivierenhof *SOLD OUT

September 12 – Brussels, Belgium – Cirque Royal