Claude says:The National started in Brooklyn in 1999 with Matt Berninger and the Dessner twins, building a catalog that runs from their self-titled debut through nine studio albums and a handful of EPs like this early one. This remaster of Cherry Tree captures their moody, baritone-led indie rock before Alligator broke them wide — spare arrangements, a certain careful restraint. You jumped on it in April last year and burned through it fast, especially "About Today," which still pulls its weight whenever you need that particular ache.