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Introduction
The National just released their ninth album called First Two Pages of Frankenstein. Aaron Desner is the band's guitarist and oftentimes lead composer. He also has a side project with Bonneveir's Justin Vernon called Big Red Machine that features collaborations with artists including Sharon Van Etten. On this episode, Broken Record producer Leo Rose talks to him about how an invitation to open an arena tour led to him writing the music he would eventually share with Taylor Swift.