Acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Bujalski's indie comedy follows Alan (Justin Rice), an alt-rock singer-songwriter, who's come to Brooklyn after what appears to have been a break-up with his bandmates. He says he wants to start a solo career, but his music soon takes a backseat to various entanglements, mostly romantic - in particular, his growing attraction to Ellie (Rachel Clift), the live-in girlfriend of his buddy Lawrence (Bujalski).