The National Feat. Sharon Van Etten: Sunshine On My Back

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.