James Mercer of The Shins and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney have been paired up in the feature film Some Days Are Better Than Others. The director, Matt McCormick, calls it “lonely people trying to create their own abstract forms of communication. You could call it a charmingly melancholy look at abandonment.”

The movies website says:

Some Days Are Better Than Others is a poetic, character-driven film that asks why the good times slip by so fast while the difficult times seem so sticky. The film explores ideas of abundance, emptiness, human connection and abandonment while observing an interweaving web of awkward characters who maintain hope by inventing their own forms of communication and self-fulfillment. Some Days are Better Than Others is a sad valentine to the forgotten discards of a throwaway society, and is a story about knowing when to hold on, and when to let go.

I still haven’t decided whether I will spend my money to see this or not. It looks like the typical indie film with two troubled souls that find each other to lean on. Lots of dialogue but little plot.

But don’t worry, with Mercer and Brownstein busy being in the cast Zach Braff is going to be doing the soundtrack.