Okkervil River Updates Tour, Releases Music Video

According to a report from Pitchfork, Okkervil River's oft-forgotten about album from this year, I Am Very Far, is finally getting its first music video and its for the song "Your Life Past as a Blast". The video was together by frontman and producer Will Sheff and actually features vintage footage from Sheff's father's home movie collection.   read more

Okkervil River: I Am Very Far

Give Will Sheff credit. Handed a big budget for his latest album, the frontman for Austin indie rockers Okkervil River may have single-handedly propped up the Texas economy. On several songs, he’s deployed a 13-piece musical army consisting of two drummers, two pianists, two bassists, and seven guitarists, all playing live at the same time. Several other songs incorporate a string section, a woodwind section, a ghostly choir, and a tympani. It’s an audacious, ambitious, maximalistic approach, and in the process Sheff has reinvented the sound of his band. He’s figured out how to hold nothing back musically while remaining....  read more

Okkervil River to Debut Forthcoming Album Live

Austinites Okkervil River are preparing to release the follow up to 2008’s The Stand Ins. But before I Am Very Far hits shelves on May 10, the band will perform the album live in its entirety....  read more

Okkervil River Announces New Album, Plays Jimmy Fallon

Last week, we told you about the release of Okkervil River “Mermaid” single—the band’s first new music since 2008. Apparently, however, that was just the tip of the iceberg for the Austin rock outfit, which announced the release of its new album, I Am Very Far, this week....  read more