I Am Easy to Find

I Am Easy to Find

I Am Easy To Find is The Nationalâ‚¬s eighth studio album and the follow-up to 2017â‚¬s GRAMMY-award winning release Sleep Well Beast. A companion short film with the same name will also be released with music by The National and inspired by the album. The film was directed by Academy Award-nominated director Mike Mills (20th Century Women, Beginners), and starring Academy Award Winner Alicia Vikander. Mills, along with the band, is credited as co-producer of the album, which was recorded at Long Pond, Hudson Valley, NY with vocal contributions from Sharon Van Etten, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Lisa Hannigan, Mina Tindle and more. On September 3, 2017, director Mike Mills emailed Matt Berninger to introduce himself and in very short order, the most ambitious project of the Nationalâ‚¬s nearly 20-year career was born and plans for a hard-earned vacation died. The Los Angeles-based filmmaker was coming off his third feature, 20th Century Women, and was interested in working with the band on...something. A video maybe. Berninger, already a fan of Millsâ‚¬ films, not only agreed to collaborate, he essentially handed over the keys to the bandâ‚¬s creative process. The result is I Am Easy to Find, a 24-minute film by Mills starring Alicia Vikander, and I Am Easy to Find, a 68-minute album by the National. The former is not the video for the latter; the latter is not the soundtrack to the former. The two projects are, as Mills calls them, â‚¬Å“Playfully hostile siblings that love to steal from each otherâ‚¬Ââ‚¬"they share music and words and DNA and impulses and a vision about what it means to be human in 2019, but donâ‚¬t necessarily need one another. The movie was composed like a piece of music; the music was assembled like a film, by a film director. The frontman and natural focal point was deliberately and dramatically side staged in favor of a variety of female voices, nearly all of whom have long been in the groupâ‚¬s orbit. It is unlike anything either artist has ever attempted and also totally in line with how theyâ‚¬ve created for much of their careers.
Country USA
Brand 4AD
Manufacturer 4AD
Binding Vinyl
ItemPartNumber 154
Model 154
ReleaseDate 2019-05-17
UnitCount 2
UPCs 191400015418
EANs 0191400015418

Country	USA
Brand	4AD
Manufacturer	4AD
Binding	Vinyl
ItemPartNumber	154
Model	154
ReleaseDate	2019-05-17
UnitCount	2
UPCs	191400015418
EANs	0191400015418

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