just a drive into the dark stretch

Okkervil River

I am really digging this band lately. They're on Jagjaguwar, which should tell you eveything you need to know, these guys are good. Will Sheff's rickety voice matched with the melancholy but still rockin' guitars(and the occasional synth bleep here and there) has been compared to acts such as Neutral Milk Hotel, Will Oldham, and Tindersticks. These comparisons do no justice to the genius of OR. The complexity and depth in each song is not apparent at first, as the songs slide out of your speakers so smoothly. "Epic chamberpop" would be a pretty good way to describe these guys, Each release is something new and ambitious, lush orchestrations, jangly guitar strumming à la Bob Dylan, blunt lyrics; yeah, these guys are good.

For Real
Black

earlier songs:
It Ends With a Fall
The War Criminal Rises and Speaks

Official Website
http://www.okkervilriver.com/

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