Matt Berninger Debuts "Type It Up" EP Alongside New Video Release

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The National’s Matt Berninger Launches Type It Up EP With New Video

“People were mishearing the lyric, ‘That would look good in a black letter font’ as ‘I would look good in a black leather thong,’ so I decided to swap the chorus,” he says of the title track By Jazz Monroe September 18, 2026 Save this story Save this story

The National ’s Matt Berninger is readying a new EP, Type It Up , featuring covers of New Order’s “Blue Monday” and Velvet Underground’s “Who Loves the Sun,” the latter featuring Rosanne Cash . The follow-up to last year’s Get Sunk also includes Berninger’s recent single “Martini Me Fatso,” as well as a new one, “Ask for Water,” that you can hear below via a video from Chris Sgroi .

“These songs came out of the momentum and energy of the Get Sunk tour,” Berninger shares. “I was changing lyrics and forms night after night, and we were getting real time feedback from audiences and social media comments. On the song ‘Type It Up’ (originally titled ‘Black Letter Font’), people were mishearing the lyric, ‘That would look good in a black letter font’ as ‘I would look good in a black leather thong,’ so I decided to swap the chorus. I’m more of a black linen suit guy.”

Both of the aforementioned covers are compiled here after standalone releases this year: “Blue Monday” was an Amazon Music Original track and “Who Loves the Sun” debuted on the Australian television show Sunny Nights.

Matt Berninger: Type It Up EP Buy Now at Rough Trade

Type It Up : 01 Martini Me Fatso 02 Type It Up 03 Ask for Water 04 Blue Monday 05 Who Loves the Sun 06 Martini Me Fatso (Acoustic Live in Australia) [vinyl only]

Jazz Monroe is a music and culture writer based in London. His work also appears in The Guardian , The Independent , and elsewhere. ... Read More Associate Staff Writer -

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