It’s one thing to make a record as good as Trouble Will Find Me, but to be able to leave tracks like this on the cutting room floor? Amazing. Sharon Van Etten makes a cameo — as she did elsewhere on the National’s 6th LP — for “Sunshine On My Back,” a stirring companion to Tom Berninger’s uber-meta documentary on the band, Mistaken For Strangers. The song was cut back in 2012, but they are offering it up today in exchange for purchasing the film over here.
Ethan Johns, Featured, Jon Brion, Laura Marling, Ray LaMontagne, Ryan Adams