The National Share Video For LIGHT YEARS, Plus Announce 'An Evening With The National' Details

The National have shared another album track "Light Years" off their forthcoming album I Am Easy To Find. You can stream the song HERE and watch the accompanying video HERE, featuring scenes from the short film "I Am Easy To Find," directed by Academy Award-nominated director Mike Mills (20th Century Women, Beginners), and starring Academy Award Winner Alicia Vikander. I Am Easy To Find is the band's eighth studio album and will be released May 17th on 4AD. With the recent album announcement, the band shared the opening track "You Had Your Soul With You" featuring the vocals of longtime David Bowie collaborator Gail Ann Dorsey. A companion short film with the same name will also be released with music by The National and inspired by the album. More film details to be released at a later date. Mills, along with the band, is credited as co-producer of the album, which was mostly recorded at Long Pond, Hudson Valley, NY with additional sessions in Paris, Berlin, Cincinnati, Austin, Dublin, Brooklyn and more far flung locations. The album features vocal contributions from Sharon Van Etten, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Lisa Hannigan, Mina Tindle and more. Tracklisting and tour dates below. Pre-order the album I Am Easy To FindHERE and watch film trailer HERE. Read the album bio HERE.

This April, the band are presenting "A Special Evening with The National," five sold out events happening in Paris, London, New York, Toronto and LA. The evening will include a screening of "I Am Easy To Find," Q&A with the band, Mike Mills and more. An intimate performance will follow with special guests Gail Ann Dorsey (Paris), Kate Stables of This Is The Kit, Mina Tindle, Yuki Numata Resnick, James McAlister, Brooklyn Youth Chorus (New York), and more to be announced. They will then head out on an expansive world tour beginning this June with Courtney Barnett and Alvvays opening select dates. See all tour dates below. For tickets and more information, visit www.americanmary.com.

I Am Easy To Find Tracklisting

1. You Had Your Soul With You

2. Quiet Light

3. Roman Holiday

4. Oblivions

5. The Pull Of You

6. Hey Rosey

7. I Am Easy To Find

8. Her Father In The Pool

9. Where Is Her Head

10. Not In Kansas

11. So Far So Fast

12. Dust Swirls In Strange Light

13. Hairpin Turns

14. Rylan

15. Underwater

16. Light Years

The National on Tour:

4/16 - Paris, FR @ Olympia SOLD OUT

4/18 - London, UK @ Royal Festival Hall SOLD OUT

4/22 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre SOLD OUT

4/24 - Toronto, ON @ Roy Thomson Hall SOLD OUT

4/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre SOLD OUT

6/11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center*

6/12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park Bandshell*

6/13 - Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park Bandshell*

6/15 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo

6/16 - Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy*

6/17 - St Augustine, FL @ St Augustine Amphitheatre*

6/19 - Washington, DC @ The Anthem*

6/20 - Portland, ME @ Thompson's Point*

6/21 - Montreal, QC @ Place des Arts

6/22 - Hamilton, ON @ Pier 8**

6/24 - Columbus, OH @ Express Live*

6/25 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Hill Auditorium*

6/26 - Indianapolis, IN @ Lawn at White River*

6/28 - Chicago, IL @ Northerly Island**

7/10 - Manchester, UK @ Castlefield Bowl

7/12 - Madrid, ES @ Mad Cool Festival

7/13 - London, UK @ Hyde Park

7/15 - Frankfurt, DE @ Jahrhunderthalle

7/16 - Hamburg, DE @ Stadtpark

7/18 - Rättvik, SE @ Dalhalla

8/4 - Waterford, IE @ All Together Now

8/6 - Glasgow, UK @ Summer Nights at the Bandstand

8/7 - Glasgow, UK @ Summer Nights at the Bandstand

8/9 - Sicily, IT @ Ypsigrock

8/10 - Budapest, HU @ Sziget Festival

8/11 - Buftea, RO @ Summer Well

8/14 - Paredes de Coura, PT @ Paredes de Coura

8/16 - Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop

8/16 -- 8/18 - Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands

8/18 - Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop

8/28 - Vancouver, BC @ Deer Lake Park**

8/29 - Seattle, WA @ Marymoor Park**

8/30 - Portland, OR @ Edgefield**

9/1 - Stanford, CA @ Frost Amphitheater**

9/2 - Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre**

9/3 - Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre**

9/5 - Ogden, UT @ Ogden Amphitheater**

9/6 - Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom**

9/7 - Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom**

9/8 - Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Opera House**

9/10 - Austin, TX @ Austin360 Amphitheatre**

9/11 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall**

11/25 - Warsaw, PL @ Torwar Hall

11/26 - Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle

11/27 - Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle

11/29 - Copenhagen, DK @ Royal Arena

12/1 - Bochum, DE @ Ruhrcongress

12/2 - Cologne, DE @ Palladium

12/3 - Zurich, SW @ Samsung Hall

12/4 - Munich, DE @ Zenith

12/5 - Stuttgart, DE @ Porsche Arena

*w/ Courtney Barnett

**w/ Alvvays

More about The National

The National have established themselves as mainstays of arenas and festivals with sold-out performances and headlining slots around the world. With the release of their most recent album, 2017 GRAMMY®-award winning Sleep Well Beast, The National achieved their highest chart position in the US to date, coming in at #2 on the Billboard Top 200. In addition they scored #1's in the UK, Ireland, Portugal and Canada and their highest chart position ever in a total of eleven countries. The National also claimed their first #1 at commercial radio on the Triple-A radio chart with "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness." The songs off Sleep Well Beastare instantly recognizable as The National, but their sound has evolved and expanded.

Both individually and collectively The National's members have been involved in countless artistic, charitable and socio-political pursuits. The group released "A Lot of Sorrow" documenting their collaboration with installation artist Ragnar Kjartansson, that took place at MOMA's PS1 and saw the band play their song "Sorrow" for six hours in front of a live audience. They are behind the Red Hot benefit albums Dark Was The Night and Day Of The Dead, and the compilation boxed set titled 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood. Band member's have received a Golden Globe Nomination for work on the score of the 2015 film Revenant, founded or play a major part in MusicNow, Eaux Claires and Haven Festival and Boston Calling, and participated heavily in both Obama Presidential Campaigns, and much more.

2013 also saw the theatrical release of their documentary, Mistaken For Strangersset to the backdrop of the band's 2010 release High Violet. The documentary was chosen to premiere on the opening night of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival followed by a theatrical release in the US and worldwide distribution. Over their 16-year career the band has sold more than 2 million albums in the U.S. alone.

The National consists of Matt Berninger (vocals) fronting two pairs of brothers: Aaron (guitar, bass, piano) and Bryce Dessner (guitar, piano), and Scott (bass, guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums).

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