It just has to do with the fact you like bad musics, lel.

Neither do I so WTF are we going about?lol

You only just found out? I have known for years! ;)

I've decided these are the top 5 okkervil river songs.

1. So Come Back, I Am Waiting
2. Last Love Song For Now
3. For Real
4. Love to a Monster
5. It Ends with a Fall

Black Sheep Boy and So Come Back, I Am Waiting are two of my favoritist songs ever...and The Okkervil River Song......but last.fm is not letting me play any Okkervil River at all at the moment for some strange reason=(

Wha? Nothin' from The Stage Names? :nono:

I'd like to add something to this, even if a bit late.

You are right about music being universal, BUT... it is true that a lot of people in, say, Britain, would not even give something like OR a go simply because it doesn't sound like Britpop (but crucially, not because they'd be unable to enjoy it even if they gave it a proper go). The only barrier, in that case, is the barrier that people set up for themselves. They hear something that's a little too far off their regular listening habits, and discard it immediately. These sorts of barriers are often rooted in cultural issues.

New album out this year "The Stand Ins." I've just become excited even if its probably just the Stage Names II.

sorry, didnt read the thread - but as a refresher - did anyone catch them at the laneway festival?

oh gosh, ya gotta love it!

wow ****, normally I manage to edit old threads before dirt is dug up :(

More new info on their new album came out today. It's coming out September 9th. Probably one of the best bands around right now. Will Sheff gets me so hard.

http://i26.tinypic.com/2wq93yb.jpg

Tracklist:
1. The Stand Ins, One
2. Lost Coastlines
3. Singer Songwriter
4. Starry Stairs
5. Blue Tulip
6. The Stand Ins, Two
7. Pop Lie
8. On Tour With Zykos
9. Calling and Not Calling My Ex
10. The Stand Ins, Three
11. Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed on the Roof of the Chelsea Hotel, 1979

Tour Dates:
05-31 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fórum (Primavera Sound)
06-26-28 Calgary, Alberta - Sled Island Festival
07-18 Bristol, England - Trinity Arts Centre
07-19 Steventon, England - Truck Festival
07-20 Suffolk, England - Latitude Festival
08-01-03 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08-07 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival
08-08 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Fstival
08-09 Haldern, Germany - Haldern Pop Festival
09-12 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
09-13 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
09-14 Madison, WI - Barrymore Theater
09-15 Fargo, ND - Aquarium
09-17 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
09-18 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richards on Richards
09-19 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
09-21 San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Festival
09-23 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
09-24 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
09-26 El Paso, TX - The Blue Iguana
09-26-28 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival
09-30 New Orleans, LA - The Republic
10-1 Birmingham, AL - Matthew's Bar & Grill
10-2 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
10-4 Richmond, VA - The National
10-6 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10-7 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10-8 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Nightclub
10-9 Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
10-10 Buffalo, NY - Tralf Music Hall
10-11 Montreal, QC - Les Saints
10-12 Toronto, ON - Phoenix
11-05 Norwich, England - Waterfront
11-06 Manchester, England - Academy
11-07 Dublin, Ireland - Academy
11-09 Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor
11-10 Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun
11-11 London, England - Shepherd's Bush Empire
11-12 Brighton, England - Concorde 2

Okkervil River has the best album art ever. I'm definitely going to see them in Seattle. Starry Stairs is a great song I hope the rest of the album is darker than the Stage Names though I doubt Will Sheff will go down that road again.

Move over Morrissey, Will Sheff's my favorite frontman ever.

Yeah definitely my favorite album of the year.

Um, it is out? Or existent? Ol' buddy ol' pal!

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The Stage Names was a fantastic album.
dont you forget it.

got tix, will be there :D

I'm hoping to see them this time around. Either at Manchester or Glasgow. I would imagine that they'd be amazing live.

Sooo excited for the stand ins!

I'm bumping this thread, because I got Black Sheep Boy earlier today and ****ing love it. They have a somewhat unique sound for an indie band, and the only band I can really compare them too is Arcade Fire. Like a folkier Arcade Fire.

Comparing Okkervil River and Arcade Fire is kinda like comparing Radiohead and Muse. The main similarity is the vocals, which in these bands case is overly breathy and unpolished and the overall vibe they give off, which is that quirky indie thing that all the bands that anyone talks about anymore seem to possess.

I like Okkervil River though. I enjoyed that album.

I also think Black Sheep Boy should get more love!

Just got The Stage Names. Better then BSB as a whole, but For Real and Black are still my favorites.

For Me it's like this: Don't Fall in Love...>Black Sheep...>Stage Names>Down the River...>Stand Ins

Though to be fair I've not given Stand-Ins much of a chance yet.

Still like the melodic simplicity and raw emotion being let loose in "Westfalls" is their high point.

I haven't given them a listen in a while, thanks for reminding me...(:

Love this band. Will Sheff is a great songwriter, he writes songs that are novel like in quality. Favorite album is Black Sheep Boy, but the Stage Names is a close second.

BSB was the first I heard by them. I pretty much loved it immediately -- it's the dark vibe that runs through most of the album.
I listened to all of their previous stuff and found it all boring compared to BSB (but not bad). Stage Names is pretty good but there is a distinct move towards more commercial viability there. This would not bother me in itself but it comes with more refined vocals by Sheff (is he...singing on key?!) and a more generic, albeit bigger sound.

i absolutely love this band, although after listening to 'the stand ins' i felt like they weren't really sure what they wanted to be. which is okay, it's just an observation on my part. 'lost coastlines' is probably my favorite song on that album. :) mmm.

best lyrics of any band i've ever heard. perfect songwriting. i saw them live in nyc too and they were awesome

i can't really agree on really comparing okkervil river and the arcade fire much at all besides the fact that they both have a very "indie" sound. and comparing muse and radiohead is REALLY valid considering radiohead is a DIRECT influence on Muse's work. Muse really took Radiohead's sound, took all of the creativity out of it, then added some orchestral bits and some harder rock influences and BAM! a hit was born.

Okkervil River
 

Has anyone ever heard of this band? Found them some months ago and they've slowly become one of my favorite bands.

If anyone decides to get an album Black Sheep Boy and The Stage Names are pretty entry level.

I love Okkervil River. Lost Coastlines, off of the Stand-Ins album is one of my favorite songs.

Done

I want a new album. As much as I love pop culture references and porn stars I want Will Sheff to unleash the inner demon again.

Black Sheep Boy is undeniably their most powerful album. IMO.

Yeah, BSB is far superior to the last two as a whole album. There have been great songs. But as an album, start to finish, BSB can't be beat in the Okkervil River catalog, IMO. "Black" is a fantastically angry and dark song.

What do you guys think of their earlier albums? I'm loving Down the River of Golden Dreams but I can't really get into Don't Fall in Love With Everyone You See.

They're all OK to Good. I like the dark vibe of BSB the most - all the earlier stuff is definitely sunnier.