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Fri 10 Oct 2007National expressThis Brooklyn-based quintet did some heavy lifting and played to a lot of small audiences before the success of their third album led to acclaim and full houses. On tour to promote their newest release, lead singer-songwriter Matt Berninger tells Jim Carrollabout the positive aspects of taking the scenic route to successIT WAS, reckons Matt Berninger, one of the longest overnight success stories he'd ever heard about. And he was the one who experienced it.