Folksy quartet, headed by Will Sheff, official website HERE.

There's a massive, personalised biog at the band's website. Here's a wee taster:

"...And then came endless touring. I moved out of my house, we added the phenomenal Mr. Nelsen to the band permanently, and Okkervil left home. Forever. I became more and more of a stranger to the town I had loved. Visits to Austin shrunk down into a show, maybe a burger at Casino beforehand or a breakfast at Polvo's the next day if I was lucky, and a trip to my storage space to pay my always-delinquent rent in a handful of ones and inhale the odor of my possessions wafting out of the dark boxes..."

Some press blurb from a website that isn't this one:
"Okkervil River write dreamy songs with slumber-blurred stories and play them with a drifting, somnambulant gait." - Stephen Deusner, Pitchfork

Upcoming events

• Wed 05 Nov at Norwich Waterfront
• Thu 06 Nov at Manchester Academy
• Fri 07 Nov at Dublin Academy
• Sun 09 Nov at Glasgow Oran Mor
• Mon 10 Nov at Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
• Tue 11 Nov at London Shepherds Bush Empire
• Wed 12 Nov at Brighton Concorde 2

Releases

• The Stage Names - album, out 24/09/2007 on Jagjaguwar. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Fri 18 Jul at Bristol Trinity. (post review)
• Tue 20 May at London Borderline. (post review)
• Laneway Festival, Sat 01 Mar at Brisbane Fortitude Valley. 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 05 Feb at London King's Cross Scala. 1 review (read/post)
• Sun 03 Feb at Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire. (post review)
• Sat 02 Feb at Belfast The Empire Bar & Music Hall. (post review)
• Mon 10 Dec at London The Luminaire. (post review)
• Sun 09 Dec at London The Luminaire. (post review)
• Sat 08 Dec at Cardiff Barfly Club. (post review)
• Fri 07 Dec at Leeds Brudenell Social Club. (post review)
• Thu 06 Dec at Dublin Whelan's. (post review)
• Wed 05 Dec at Liverpool Academy (Liverpool University). (post review)
• Tue 04 Dec at Brighton Pressure Point. (post review)
• Tue 13 Nov at Paris La Cigale. (post review)
• Sat 10 Nov at Manchester Roadhouse. (post review)
• Fri 09 Nov at Glasgow Nice N Sleazy's. (post review)
• Thu 08 Nov at Newcastle upon Tyne University. (post review)
• Wed 07 Nov at Nottingham Bodega Social Club. (post review)
• Tue 06 Nov at Colchester Arts Centre. (post review)
• Mon 08 May at London Cargo. (post review)

News

• 13/06/2008: Glasvegas, Okkervil, Tellier and more added to sold-out Latitude
• 02/06/2008: Okkervil River to release new album in October
• 24/04/2008: Okkervil River heading to Truck to support The Lemonheads
• 12/03/2008: Wrens member replaces Okkervil River guitarist
• 08/02/2008: Raekwon, Okkervil River, the Field and more for Explosions in the Sky ATP
• 18/12/2007: Kaka kak kak: Clipse among first names for Primavera 2008
• 12/12/2007: Tributary: Okkervil River upload free covers album
• 25/10/2007: Okkervil River announce new UK shows
• 23/07/2007: Okkervil River confirm DiS tour dates
• 23/01/2007: 240 bands set compasses to SXSW

Features

• 23/07/2008: Truck 2008: DiS's Festival Diary
• 17/07/2008: Truck Festival 2008: the DiS preview
• 06/11/2007: Okkervil River: questioning what's really genuine

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