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The band also won the 2001 Grammy for Best Metal Performance for the song "Elite"

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one of the band’s most impressive feats is a more seamless blending of Country/Americana and Rock/Punk

The National "Boxer" RESERVE SHELF The band also won theThe follow up to 2005's "Alligator" is filled with lush arrangements and sees the band incorporating new instrumentation and expanded musical elements such as piano, trumpet, and more prominent background vocals. " churning grooves and shambling new wave rips, turning up depressed guitar poetry that's both elegantly wasted and kinda murky" Rolling Stone. "The National traffic in poignant moments of heartbreak and regret, but pain has rarely sounded so