{"id":2444125,"date":"2019-05-13T09:31:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T15:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=834586"},"modified":"2019-05-13T09:31:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T15:31:48","slug":"watch-the-nationals-artful-i-am-easy-to-find-short-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/watch-the-nationals-artful-i-am-easy-to-find-short-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the National\u2019s Artful \u2018I Am Easy to Find\u2019 Short Film"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The National<\/a>\u2019s new short film I Am Easy to Find<\/em>, a companion piece to their upcoming eighth album of the same name<\/a>, is now available<\/a> to stream online. Mike Mills<\/a> (20th Century Women<\/em>, Beginners<\/em>) directed the artful, 24-minute project, which stars Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl<\/em>, Ex-Machina<\/em>) and features new music from the band.<\/p>\n

The film was recently screened during five shows in Paris, New York, London, Toronto and Los Angeles that featured Q&As with Mills and the National; the New York event, hosted by musician Julien Baker, can be viewed online<\/a>. The National also released two audio commentaries: one with Mills<\/a> and the other with band frontman Matt Berninger and his wife\/co-writer Carin Besser<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a statement about I Am Easy to Find,<\/em> Mills detailed his unusual collaborative process with the indie-rock act.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe National gave me the stems for their songs, some were sketches some were finished and encouraged and allowed me to create my own versions of the songs to score the film,\u201d he said. \u201cThe album then features different versions of these same seven songs \u2014 and nine new songs which sometimes refer to the themes, texts, ideas from the film but are their own work, their own piece of art.\u201d<\/p>\n

The I Am Easy to Find<\/em> album, out May 17th, includes the previously issued songs \u201cYou Had Your Soul With You,\u201d<\/a> \u201cLight Years\u201d<\/a> and \u201cHairpin Turns.\u201d<\/a> The record, which follows 2017\u2019s Sleep Well Beast<\/em><\/a>, features guest vocals from Lisa Hannigan, Sharon Van Etten, Mina Tindle, Kate Stables and the Brooklyn Youth Choir, among others.<\/p>\n

The National will promote the LP on a North American tour that kicks off May 16th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and features opener Courtney Barnett on several dates.<\/p>\n

The National North American Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

May 16 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
June 11 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center (with Courtney Barnett)
June 12 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park Bandshell (with Courtney Barnett)
June 13 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park Bandshell (with Courtney Barnett)
June 15 \u2013 Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
June 16 \u2013 Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy (with Courtney Barnett)
June 17 \u2013 St Augustine, FL @ St Augustine Amphitheatre (with Courtney Barnett)
June 19 \u2013 Washington, DC @ The Anthem (with Courtney Barnett)
June 20 \u2013 Portland, ME @ Thompson\u2019s Point (with Courtney Barnett)
June 21 \u2013 Montreal, QC @ Place des Arts
June 22 \u2013 Hamilton, ON @ Pier 8 (with Alvvays)
June 24 \u2013 Columbus, OH @ Express Live (with Courtney Barnett)
June 25 \u2013 Ann Arbor, MI @ Hill Auditorium (with Courtney Barnett)
June 26 \u2013 Indianapolis, IN @ Lawn at White River (with Courtney Barnett)
June 28 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ Northerly Island (with Alvvays)
August 28 \u2013 Vancouver, BC @ Deer Lake Park (with Alvvays)
August 29 \u2013 Seattle, WA @ Marymoor Park (with Alvvays)
August 30 \u2013 Portland, OR @ Edgefield (with Alvvays)
September 1 \u2013 Stanford, CA @ Frost Amphitheater (with Alvvays)
September 2 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre (with Alvvays)
September 3 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre (with Alvvays)
September 5 \u2013 Ogden, UT @ Ogden Amphitheater (with Alvvays)
September 6 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom (with Alvvays)
September 7 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom (with Alvvays)
September 8 \u2013 Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Opera House (with Alvvays)
September 10 \u2013 Austin, TX @ Austin360 Amphitheatre (with Alvvays)
September 11 \u2013 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (with Alvvays)
October 16 \u2013 Mexico City, MX @ Pepsi Center
October 24 \u2013 Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National\u2019s new short film I Am Easy to Find, a companion piece to their upcoming eighth album of the same name, is now available to stream online. Mike Mills (20th Century Women, Beginners) directed the artful, 24-minute project, which stars Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl, Ex-Machina) and features new music from the band. The film was recently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 01:08:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}