Okkervil River will be guests on WXPN’s World Cafe on Thursday, Oct. 30th.  Find your local station over here or you can rock like it’s 2008 and listen live here… then you can check out our review of The Stand Ins, their latest, here.

Maybe we’ll get to hear some live tracks… my vote is in for “Blue Tulips”.  Check out their music.

A stand-in in film and television is a person who substitutes for the actor before filming, for technical purposes such as lighting.  Source: Wikipedia

In short, if you own and enjoyed The Stage Names, then The Stand Ins is a no-brainer. The two albums are cohesive enough to share a release date and liner notes, but differ in all the right ways, allowing The Stand Ins to shine separately and truly embody a completely new, fresh album from Okkervil River. Sheff and crew, again under the direction of Brian Beattie, are ultimately a band that makes albums. No filler, lean in production, intelligently orchestrated, and witty, The Stand Ins is a smart and complete effort.

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