The National have announced a new album, I Am Easy to Find, which is available for preorder and will be released on May 17th via 4AD. The band has also unveiled the LPs first single, You Had Your Soul With You. A stuttering, bright melody and beat serves as an intro to the opening track of the LP, which features longtime David Bowie collaborator Gail Ann Dorseys vocals. I had only one thing to do/And I couldnt do it yet, Matt Berninger and Dorsey sing. I had only one thing left/And I couldnt see it yet.
In addition to Dorsey, the groups forthcoming eighth studio album features Lisa Hannigan, Sharon Van Etten, Mina Tindle and Kate Stables, along with the Brooklyn Youth Choir. Yes, there are a lot of women singing on this, but it wasnt because, Oh, lets have more womens voices, Berninger said in a statement. It was more, Lets have more of a fabric of peoples identities. It would have been better to have had other male singers, but my ego wouldnt let that happen.
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The band has also unveiled the trailer for a companion short film titled after and inspired by the LP, which features Nationals music. Directed by Mike Mills (20th Century Women) who is also credited as a co-producer of the album, the 24-minute film stars Oscar winner Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl).
Following a string of events in April dubbed A Very Special Evening With the National, the group will embark on a world tour that launches in June, with Courtney Barnett and Alvvays serving as support on select dates.
I Am Easy To FindTrack List
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 Tour Dates
April 16 Paris, FR @ Olympia
April 18 London, UK @ Royal Festival Hall
April 22 New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
April 24 Toronto, ON @ Roy Thomson Hall
April 26 Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
June 11 Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center*
June 12 Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
June 15 Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
June 16 Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy*
June 17 St Augustine, FL @ St Augustine Amphitheatre*
June 19 Washington, DC @ The Anthem*
June 20 Portland, ME @ Thompsons Point*
June 21 Montreal, QC @ Place des Arts
June 22 Hamilton, ON @ Pier 8**
June 24 Columbus, OH @ Express Live*
June 25 Ann Arbor, MI @ Hill Auditorium*
June 26 Indianapolis, IN @ Lawn at White River*
June 28 Chicago, IL @ Northerly Island**
July 10 Manchester, UK @ Castlefield Bowl
July 12 Madrid, ES @ Mad Cool Festival
July 13 London, UK @ Hyde Park
July 15 Frankfurt, DE @ Jahrhunderthalle
July 16 Hamburg, DE @ Stadtpark
July 18 Rttvik, SE @ Dalhalla
August 4 Waterford, IE @ All Together Now
August 6 Glasgow, UK @ Summer Nights at the Bandstand
August 7 Glasgow, UK @ Summer Nights at the Bandstand
August 9 Sicily, IT @ Ypsigrock
August 10 Budapest, HU @ Sziget Festival
August 11 Buftea, RO @ Summer Well
August 14 Paredes de Coura, PT @ Paredes de Coura
August 16 Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop
August 16 August 18 Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands
August 18 Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop
August 28 Vancouver, BC @ Deer Lake Park**
August 29 Seattle, WA @ Marymoor Park**
August 30 Portland, OR @ Edgefield**
September 1 Stanford, CA @ Frost Amphitheater**
September 2 Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre**
September 3 Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre**
September 5 Odgen, UT @ Ogden Amphitheater**
September 8 Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Opera House**
September 10 Austin, TX @ 360 Amphitheatre**
September 11 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall**
November 25 Warsaw, PL @ Torwar Hall
November 26 Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
November 27 Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
November 29 Copenhagen, DK @ Royal Arena
December 1 Bochum, DE @ Ruhrcongress
December 2 Cologne, DE @ Palladium
December 3 Zurich, SW @ Samsung Hall
December 4 Munich, DE @ Zenith
December 5 Stuttgart, DE @ Porsche Arena
*w/ Courtney Barnett
**w/ Alvvays