This spectacular 24-minute clip stars Oscar-winning actress Alicia Vikander, and it was directed by critically acclaimed filmmaker Mike Mills. He received the stems of new songs from band members, who encouraged him to experiment and create his own versions to score this film.

“The album then features different versions of these same seven songs – 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,” explained Mills in an official statement.

He previously described the album and short film as “playfully hostile siblings that love to steal from each other.” They may have a lot in common, but should be understood as two separate entities.

We’ll get to find out how different they actually are when I Am Easy to Find comes out on May 17.

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The National also gave us the first taste of their new studio effort I Am Easy to Find. This album will drop the shelves on May 17, but first single titled “You Had Your Soul with You” is already here!

The band’s upcoming album will be released with a 24-minute short film of the same name, but band members made it clear these two project function as two separate entities and aren’t necessarily extensions of each other.

The National already dropped an atmospheric black and white trailer for this short. It was helmed by Mike Mills (20th Century Women, Beginners) and stars Oscar-winning actress Alicia Vikander.

“The two projects are, as Mills calls them, ‘Playfully hostile siblings that love to steal from each other.’ They share music and words and DNA and impulses and a vision about what it means to be human in 2019, but don’t necessarily need one another,” reads the statement released by the band.

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This spectacular 24-minute clip stars Oscar-winning actress Alicia Vikander, and it was directed by critically acclaimed filmmaker Mike Mills. He received the stems of new songs from band members, who encouraged him to experiment and create his own versions to score this film.

“The album then features different versions of these same seven songs – 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,” explained Mills in an official statement.

He previously described the album and short film as “playfully hostile siblings that love to steal from each other.” They may have a lot in common, but should be understood as two separate entities.

We’ll get to find out how different they actually are when I Am Easy to Find comes out on May 17.

The post The National Unveils Short Film “I Am Easy to Find” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

The National also gave us the first taste of their new studio effort I Am Easy to Find. This album will drop the shelves on May 17, but first single titled “You Had Your Soul with You” is already here!

The band’s upcoming album will be released with a 24-minute short film of the same name, but band members made it clear these two project function as two separate entities and aren’t necessarily extensions of each other.

The National already dropped an atmospheric black and white trailer for this short. It was helmed by Mike Mills (20th Century Women, Beginners) and stars Oscar-winning actress Alicia Vikander.

“The two projects are, as Mills calls them, ‘Playfully hostile siblings that love to steal from each other.’ They share music and words and DNA and impulses and a vision about what it means to be human in 2019, but don’t necessarily need one another,” reads the statement released by the band.

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