The National won Best Alternative Music Album for Sleep Well Beast at the 60th GRAMMY Awards. Bassist Scott Devendorf accepted the award on behalf of the band.
The other nominees were Arcade Fire's Everything Now, Gorillaz's Humanz, LCD Soundsystem's American Dream, and Father John Misty's Pure Comedy.
Sleep Well Beast marks the National's seventh studio album release, and The Guardian's Kitty Empire has said of the record, "the tension created by the hyper-musical brother duos, pacing the cage of what 'rock band' means with increased vigour. It often adds up to a subtle, grown-up take that still leaves space for drama," also calling the album, "a study in mid-life angst."
