Matt Berninger, frontman of acclaimed rock band The National, is finally reaping the fruits of many years of hard work His younger brother Tom is a clumsy, adorable loser who still lives at home. As The National 's first major world tour comes up, Matt invites Tom to join him as a roadie, unaware of his plans to film the adventure. What starts out as a rockumentary quickly transforms into a brutally honest portrait of a charged relationship between brothers, complicated by unfulfilled creative ambitions .