The
Lumineers are dropping their third studio album next month, and its release
will be accompanied by a movie of the same name, set to premiere at this year’s
Toronto Film Festival.

The
44-minute film, directed by Kevin Phillips, will see the light of day on
September 8th, and band’s vocalist Wesley Shultz admitted he never even
imagined they’ll present this project to the world at TIFF.

“This
short film is about a member of my family whose battle with addiction has led
her to rehab, jail, and ultimately [being] homeless now, for over a year. We
were attempting to make a short film with the album serving as our narrator. I
never dreamed it would be premiered at one of the top international film
festivals in the world,” said Schultz in a statement.

This sounds like the most fitting introduction to their new album III, scheduled to be released on September 13th. The Lumineers previously revealed they’ll break this record down into three chapters, each one focusing on a different main character.