Matt Berringer, born February 13, 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, rose to fame as the
lead singer of The National, a band he founded with his college buddy Scott
Devendorf, though not until Berringer was nearly 30. They became indie-rock
darlings from their first album, 2001’s The National. Berringer branched out in
2015 forming the duo EL VY with Brent Knopf of Ramona Falls. He moved closer to
a solo career by contributing “Walking on a String”, a duet with Phoebe
Bridgers, to the soundtrack of Between Two Ferns: The Movie, and released his
first proper solo album, Serpentine Prison, ...