Walking on a String

The National’s Matt Berninger and singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers have teamed up for a new track featured in Zach Galifianakis’ Between Two Ferns: The Movie. The song is called “Walking on a String,” and the studio recording is out now on Dead Oceans. Check it out below, via Variety.
In the movie, they perform the track in a bar around the 42:30 mark. “Walking on a String” was written for Between Two Ferns by Berninger in collaboration with his wife and National collaborator Carin Besser, as well as musician Mike Brewer. It was recorded with Walter Martin and Matt Barrick of the Walkmen and produced by Bridgers, Tony Berg, and Ethan Gruska. It’s the first joint song from Berninger and Bridgers.