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Promotion for Trouble Will Find Me included the band making their debut performance on Saturday Night Live , as well as several festival appearances, including headlining The Boston Calling Music Festival and Bonaroo. The band performed “Graceless” and “I Need My Girl” on the March 8, 2014 episode of Saturday Night Live . Several of their songs were used on television, including “Fireproof”, “Hard to Find” and “England”. In an interview published in June 2014, Berninger stated that the National would try a new approach to writing and recording an album, with plans to start in October 2014. On April 2, 2015, the National released the single “Sunshine On My Back”. The song is provided as a free download for renting or buying Mistaken for Strangers at its official website. The song comes from the Trouble Will Find Me recording sessions and features Sharon van Etten . The band headlined a handful of festivals during 2015, including Eaux Claires, a music festival held in Eau Claire, Wisconsin curated by Bon Iver front-man Justin Vernon and the National’s Aaron Dessner. They also headlined Treasure Island Music Festival . In his review of the festival, Consequence of Sound ‘ s Zack Ruskin described the band’s performance as “a masterclass in a band that has fully come into their own” and wrote that it “proved once again why they are one of the most exceptional and impressive rock bands of our time.”