The National serve up documentary and rarities disc

According to a recent Pitchfork report, Brooklyn-via-Cincinnati indie outfit The National - the men responsible for the magnificent Boxer (which was the second best album of 2007 according to us here at Never Learned to Swim) - are releasing a documentary about the creation of Boxer entitled A Skin, A Night.

If that wasn't enough to get you completely hot and bothered, when you order the DVD from Beggar's Banquet, they will also give you The Virginia EP, which is a twelve-strong collection of rarities, band favourites, b-sides, and even a cover (a rare thing for The National). Of Springsteen no less:

1. You've Done It Again Virginia
2. Santa Clara
3. Blank Slate
4. Tall Saint (demo)
5. Without Permission
6. Forever After Days
7. Rest of Years (demo)
8. Slow Show (demo)
9. Lucky You (Daytrotter session)
10. Mansion on the Hill (live)
11. Fake Empire (live)
12. About Today (live)

Santa Clara and Blank Slate are already in many music libraries, as they were released with Boxer when it was first released last May on iTunes. The others, however, are mostly new. Sex.