January 2012
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December 2011
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Okkervil River Acoustic Session at Le Guess Who?... →
Click on the link to see Will and Patrick play acoustic versions of It Is So Nice to Get Stoned, Lay of the Last Survivor, and Wake and Be Fine. Just look for Okkervil River on the list.
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November 2011
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Dear followers,
The end of the semester is kicking our butts. Expect more regular Okkervil River posts starting in mid December. All of you are awesome.
Love,
Fuck Yeah Okkervil River
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Download "Golden Opportunities 2" →
In December 2007, Okkervil River dropped one hell of a gift with the release of a free mixtape entitled Golden Opportunities. Spanning nine tracks, the collection included covers of Joni Mitchell, John Cale, and Serge Gainsbourg, in addition to a live version of Okkervil’s own “Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas”.
Now, four years later the band returns with a sequel, the aptly...
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The second music video released for the song “Your Past Life as a Blast”. This one directed by Isaac Ravishankara.
“My initial inspiration came from some of William Faulkner’s novels, especially ‘The Sound and the Fury,’ where the same story is told from four unique perspectives,” Ravishankara explains. Also, I had been reading a lot about how the brain...
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October 2011
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uncharted: Okkervil River - "Your Past Life as a... →
rockedition:
Okkervil River have unveiled a music video for “Your Past Life as a Blast.” The track is taken from the band’s latest album, ‘I Am Very Far,’ which dropped in May on Jagjaguwar.
Frontman Will Sheff explained: “When I was writing the lyrics for ‘I Am Very Far,’ I kept fixating on the idea of being new, specifically memories of being very little and being conscious of the fact that...
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September 2011
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Okkvervil River’s very, very first show was an open mic night. We got so sick of...
– From a new(ish) Will Sheff interview. Full interview: The A.V. Club Chicago