I listen to a lot of music. Sure most of it comprises of unkempt, sort of sad, shy looking guys with an acoustic guitars but I swear to you - While that is my preference, my tastes are varied.
Now, although I know I run the risk of this blog, named after an Okkervil River lyric and already devoting one of it's mere 4 entries to Okkervil River, becoming somewhat of an Okkervil River shrine and I'll be the first to admit that even I was quite shocked after seeing their exact play counts per week on my last.fm chart (191 this week, 170-something last week), I might seem a bit... Well... Enthusiastic about them. But I promise to do my best to curb my Okkervil spasms to once a month and this, I feel, was too good not to share :
It seems as if Will Sheff and Company have started their own youtube channel.
Right now, you can see a superb duet between Will and The New Pornographer's A.C. Newman on Lost Coastlines and, if you watch the intro to hear the project's mission statement, you'll hear the promise of more to come.
Exciting? You betcha!
And as a little post-script for you : Which song, specifically, did my blog's title come from?
Starry Stairs
Originally a bonus track to The Stage Names and now included for all the enjoy on the forthcoming Stand-Ins, it shouldn't suprise me that Will Sheff's written another superbly orchestrated, finely crafted, incredibly relatable song about a tragic female character, yet every time he does, I'm taken aback.
Last Okkervil post for the month until after the Stand-Ins release.
Scout's honour.
Now, although I know I run the risk of this blog, named after an Okkervil River lyric and already devoting one of it's mere 4 entries to Okkervil River, becoming somewhat of an Okkervil River shrine and I'll be the first to admit that even I was quite shocked after seeing their exact play counts per week on my last.fm chart (191 this week, 170-something last week), I might seem a bit... Well... Enthusiastic about them. But I promise to do my best to curb my Okkervil spasms to once a month and this, I feel, was too good not to share :
It seems as if Will Sheff and Company have started their own youtube channel.
Right now, you can see a superb duet between Will and The New Pornographer's A.C. Newman on Lost Coastlines and, if you watch the intro to hear the project's mission statement, you'll hear the promise of more to come.
Exciting? You betcha!
And as a little post-script for you : Which song, specifically, did my blog's title come from?
Starry Stairs
Originally a bonus track to The Stage Names and now included for all the enjoy on the forthcoming Stand-Ins, it shouldn't suprise me that Will Sheff's written another superbly orchestrated, finely crafted, incredibly relatable song about a tragic female character, yet every time he does, I'm taken aback.
Last Okkervil post for the month until after the Stand-Ins release.
Scout's honour.
