Trouble Will Find Me

Okay, now we're getting somewhere.

At 12, The National, Trouble Will Find Me.

Not those guys.

You're not a millennial dad.

Holy

... uh, he did all The National albums that I love, Trouble Will Find Me, and High Violet, and, and Gang of Youths, this Australian band that I love.

He'd worked with them, and he did Glen Hansard and, and, The Swell Season stuff, and, uh, loads of amazing things.

And, and I was just a fan of him, and, and w- we met him and said, "Do you wanna produce this next one and not m- just mix it?" And he was like, "Yeah.

As I already noted, Dessner has made his name first in The National, an indie rock band that he shares with his twin brother Bryce Dessner, among others.

The group emerged from the Brooklyn scene in the early 2000s and have been putting out critically acclaimed projects ever since, notching four top five albums on the Billboard 200 in the process, including my personal favorite, Trouble Will Find Me from 2013.

From there, Aaron expanded into film composition, including his score for A24 films like Come On, Come On.

He also did Trans Pecos and Cyrano.

[laughs]

... uh, my fir- you know, the red carpet, everybody I know singing about just, like, his first time losing.

Our first time losing was The National, like, w- was nominated for Trouble Will Find Me.

Mm-hmm.

That's when it, like, you could feel.

And then in, like, High Violet, the same thing happened, and then Trouble Will Find Me, the same thing.

It just, it kinda grew, you know?

It's weird, 'cause manufactured virality is something all of our labels try to achieve, but in reality, it's this je ne sais quoi thing, and you know, that era is such slow virality.