Eve Owen, Mina Tindle, and more. Alongside Alec Hanley Bemis and Bryce Dessner, Dessner founded Brassland Records, a label that has released albums from the National, This Is the Kit, Clogs, Doveman and Nico Muhly. Musical equipment Dessner often plays a 1965 Gibson Firebird purchased on eBay and refurbished. During the Sleep Well Beast recording sessions, he used the Firebird as well as a 1972 Fender Telecaster. During live shows, Dessner usually plays the Firebird and a 1963 Fender Jazzmaster. For the Sleep Well Beast sessions, amplifiers used include a 1959 Fender Champ, a 1960s Fender Princeton, a 1970s Music Man, an Ampeg Gemini, and a Fender Bassman. Awards and nominations Grammy Awards Discography With the National The National (2001) Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers (2003) Alligator (2005) Boxer (2007) High Violet (2010) Trouble Will Find Me (2013) Sleep Well Beast (2017) I Am Easy to Find (2019) With Project Nim A Tower of Babel (1995) Where the Nothings Live (1997) Evenings Pop and Curve (1998) With Equinox Equinox (1993) With Big Red Machine Big Red Machine (August 31, 2018) How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? (August 27, 2021) With Complete Mountain Almanac Complete Mountain Almanac (January 27, 2023) Film scores Big Sur (2013) with Bryce Dessner Transpecos (2016) with Bryce Dessner C'mon, C'mon (2021) with Bryce Dessner Stage musicals Cyrano (2018) with Matt Berninger, Carin Besser, Bryce Dessner, and Erica Schmidt Personal life Dessner grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio with his twin brother, Bryce Dessner. He graduated from Cincinnati Country Day School in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1994 and from Columbia College at Columbia University in 1998. He and his wife have three children. Dessner is a keen soccer fan and an avid supporter of Liverpool F.C. References External links Official website of the National Official website of Dark Was the Night Interview with Aquarium Drunkard Interview with Pitchfork the National and production projects Living people American rock guitarists American male guitarists American indie rock musicians 20th-century American Jews Grammy Award winners Jewish American songwriters American people of Polish-Jewish descent American people of Russian-Jewish descent 1976 births The National (band) members Twin musicians Guitarists from New York City Big Red Machine (band) members 21st-century American Jews