Matt Berninger (The National, EL VY) Chronicles Attempt to Learn to Surf on Instagram

Matt Berninger (The National, EL VY) Chronicles Attempt to Learn to Surf on Instagram

Photo by Deirdre O’Callaghan

This week, the National‘s Matt Berninger and Menomena/Ramona Falls‘ Brent Knopf announced they’d started a new band called EL VY. Concurrently, Berninger launched an Instagram account, which, in addition to posting news about EL VY, is also chronicling his attempt to learn to surf. You can follow along here, and watch a couple of funny videos below.

EL VY have also added a few more dates to a tour that kicks off in November. Find the expanded schedule below.

EL VY’s debut record Return to the Moon comes out October 30 via 4AD.

RttM, featuring sweet bridges.

A video posted by EL VY (@el__vy) onAug 4, 2015 at 2:22pm PDT

Never had one lesson.

A video posted by EL VY (@el__vy) onAug 7, 2015 at 3:01pm PDT

EL VY:

11-02-03 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
11-04 Seattle, WA – Neumos
11-06 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
11-07 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
11-08 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
11-10 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11-11 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
11-13 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
11-14 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
11-15 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
11-16 Montreal, Québec – Theatre Fairmount
11-17 Toronto, Ontario – Opera House
11-19 Chicago, IL – Metro
11-20 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom
11-21 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
12-01 Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumpehuse
12-02 Hamburg, Germany – Knust
12-03 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg
12-04 Cologne, Germany – Kantine
12-06 Berlin, Germany – Astra
12-07 Brussels, Belgium – AB
12-08 Paris, France – Trabendo
12-09 London, England – Electric Ballroom
12-10 London, England – Electric Ballroom
12-12 Manchester, England – Gorilla
12-13 Dublin, Ireland – Whelans

Here’s the lyric video for “Return to the Moon (Political Song for Didi Bloome to Sing, With Crescendo)”:

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