Okkervil River is an American rock band led by singer-songwriter
Will Sheff
Will Sheff (born July 7, 1976) is the frontman for the Austin, Texas-based indie band Okkervil River (1998–present). Originally from Meriden, New Hampshire, he is also a founding member and co-songwriter (along with former Okkervil bandmate ...
. Formed in
Austin, Texas
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, in 1998, the band takes its name from a short story by Russian author
Tatyana Tolstaya set on the river
Okkervil
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The name ''Okkervil'' appeared in the 17th century, after the Swe ...
in
Saint Petersburg
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. They began as a trio made up of Sheff and friends he had met in his native state of
New Hampshire
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but, over time, have gone through many lineups.
Okkervil River self-released their first album, ''Stars Too Small to Use,'' which led them to the
South by Southwest
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music festival. After recording their first album in a garage, they signed with
Jagjaguwar
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. They continued by releasing four more albums, including the critically lauded concept album ''
Black Sheep Boy''.
After a period of touring for ''Black Sheep Boy'', Okkervil River followed up with ''
The Stage Names''. The album sold 10,000 in its opening week in the United States. The group released a free covers album, ''
Golden Opportunities Mixtape'' from their live performances.
The band has garnered positive critical reception.
They have appeared on the talk show ''
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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'' and have performed with acts such as
The Decemberists
The Decemberists are an American indie rock band from Portland, Oregon. The band consists of Colin Meloy (lead vocals, guitar, principal songwriter), Chris Funk (guitar, multi-instrumentalist), Jenny Conlee (piano, keyboards, accordion), Nate ...
,
The New Pornographers,
The National, and
Lou Reed
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.
Okkervil River released the album ''
The Stand Ins'' in 2008. They promoted the release with a series of cover songs from the album on
YouTube
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by people they've met as a band. Their 2010 collaboration as a backing band with psychedelic rocker
Roky Erickson yielded ''
True Love Cast Out All Evil
''True Love Cast Out All Evil'' is a 2010 album by Roky Erickson, his first album of new material in 14 years. Produced by Okkervil River's Will Sheff, the album also features the members of Okkervil River on most songs as Erickson's backing ban ...
''. In 2011, Okkervil River released their sixth full-length album, ''
I Am Very Far'', which peaked at No. 32 on the
''Billboard'' 200. The band released their seventh album, ''
The Silver Gymnasium'', in 2013. The album peaked at No. 66 on the
''Billboard'' 200. This was followed by the album, ''
Away,'' which was released in 2016 on
ATO Records. Their ninth album,
In the Rainbow Rain, was released by ATO in 2018.
History
Formation
![Okkervil River Scott Brackett](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Okkervil_River_Scott_Brackett.jpg)
Okkervil River's founding members became friends at
Kimball Union Academy
Kimball Union Academy is a private boarding school located in New Hampshire. Founded in 1813, it is the 22nd oldest boarding school in the United States. The academy's mission is to "create a deep sense of belonging for every member of our commu ...
in
Meriden, New Hampshire
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, and after parting ways for college moved to Austin, Texas to live together and start a band. The band consisted of singer-songwriter
Will Sheff
Will Sheff (born July 7, 1976) is the frontman for the Austin, Texas-based indie band Okkervil River (1998–present). Originally from Meriden, New Hampshire, he is also a founding member and co-songwriter (along with former Okkervil bandmate ...
, Zach Thomas on bass and mandolin, and Seth Warren on drums. Their first gig was at Steamboat in Austin on January 11, 1999.
''Bedroom EP'' and ''Stars Too Small to Use''
In 1998, the group self-released their first disc, ''Bedroom EP''. Over the course of two weekends in the summer of 1999, they recorded a seven-song self-released album titled ''
Stars Too Small to Use'', with recording engineer Jeff Hoskins.
They met
Jonathan Meiburg
Jonathan Meiburg is an American musician and writer, best known as the lead singer and songwriter for Shearwater.
Biography
Meiburg was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 1, 1976. His father, Stan Meiburg, was an influential environmental pol ...
at a gig with his band Whu Gnu at the Waterloo Brewing Company on December 3, 1999. Meiburg subsequently joined the band on accordion and later on pianos and organs.
On the strength of ''Stars Too Small to Use'', Okkervil River was admitted into the 2000
SXSW
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music festival. Their first major press was a SXSW feature article in the ''
Austin Chronicle
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'' on March 3, 2000.
''Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See'' and ''Down the River of Golden Dreams''
![Okkervil river2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Okkervil_river2.jpg)
The band met recording engineer and producer Brian Beattie at their SXSW showcase on March 18, 2000, and soon agreed to make a record together. They spent much of the rest of that year working on ''
Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See
''Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See'' is the first full-length studio album from alternative folk-rock group, Okkervil River. Released on January 22, 2002 on the label Jagjaguwar, it contains the single, "Kansas City". Artist William Sc ...
''. Warren moved to
Berkeley, California
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in December and was replaced on drums by Mark Pedini.
By the time of that year's SXSW festival, Okkervil River had received interest in their new record from the
Bloomington, Indiana
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-based record label Jagjaguwar. The record was released on Jagjaguwar on January 22, 2002.
One year later the band traveled to San Francisco and reunited with Warren to record their third album at Tiny Telephone with engineer
Scott Solter
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at the console. Jagjaguwar released ''
Down the River of Golden Dreams
''Down the River of Golden Dreams'' is the second full-length studio album by Okkervil River, released on September 2, 2003. William Schaff continued to create artwork for Okkervil River with this release. The record label Jagjaguwar released ...
'' on September 2, 2003.
In 2003, Pedini left the band to pursue his
graphic design
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work, leaving Okkervil River without a drummer for that year's SXSW. They invited
Travis Nelsen, fresh off a tour filling in on drums for sister labelmates
Secretly Canadian
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's
Swearing at Motorists
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, to perform with them. He soon became the band's full-time drummer. The next year, during a long bout of touring, the band added keyboardist and lap-steel player Howard Draper as a fifth member.
''Black Sheep Boy'', ''The Stage Names'' and ''The Stand Ins''
![Okkervil River (Lauren Gurgiolo)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Okkervil_River_%28Lauren_Gurgiolo%29.jpg)
In August 2004, the band began recording with Beattie again, finally putting the finishing touches on their third full-length album, ''
Black Sheep Boy'' in November. It was released on April 5, 2005. As a result of the album's critical success, Okkervil River followed up with an
EP entitled ''
Black Sheep Boy Appendix
''Black Sheep Boy Appendix'' is the fourth Extended play, EP by Indie (music), indie band Okkervil River (band), Okkervil River, released on November 22, 2005. This mini-album is a continuation of their 2005 release, ''Black Sheep Boy'' and is a ...
'' on November 22, 2005. This was the first recording with Draper, horn and keyboardist Scott Brackett, guitarist Brian Cassidy, and touring bassist Pat Pestorius, who eventually replaced Zach Thomas in the band. The band signed to
Virgin
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/
EMI
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in Europe and the label re-released ''
Black Sheep Boy'' and its follow-up ''
Black Sheep Boy Appendix
''Black Sheep Boy Appendix'' is the fourth Extended play, EP by Indie (music), indie band Okkervil River (band), Okkervil River, released on November 22, 2005. This mini-album is a continuation of their 2005 release, ''Black Sheep Boy'' and is a ...
'' as a double disc on April 28, 2006. Jagjaguwar eventually followed suit, releasing the ''Definitive Edition'' with extra songs and videos.
''
The Stage Names'', their fourth full-length studio album (produced again by Beattie), was released on August 7, 2007. The disc features the line-up that toured extensively on ''Black Sheep Boy'' and the ''Black Sheep Boy Appendix'', with Cassidy replacing Draper who joined
Shearwater
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. The album was met with critical acclaim
and debuted at number 62 on the
''Billboard'' 200 with 10,000 copies sold.
Okkervil River released their fifth album ''
The Stand Ins'' on September 9, 2008. In its first week, the album charted at No. 42 with 11,000 copies sold, according to the
''Billboard'' 200. On December 12, 2007, the band freely released a nine-song
mixtape
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entitled ''
Golden Opportunities Mixtape'' via their website. These recordings, along with the upcoming appendix, are the first to feature contributions from new touring keyboardist, Justin Sherburn, who joined the band in November 2007.
In 2008 guitarist Brian Cassidy stepped down from the band as a full-time touring member and was temporarily replaced by Charles Bissell of
The Wrens
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for their spring and summer tours. Bissell was later replaced by Lauren Gurgiolo, singer and songwriter of the Austin, Texas band The Dialtones. After performing on the ''
Late Show with David Letterman
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'' in early 2009, the "Pop Lie" single was released backed with the b-sides "Millionaire" and "Pop Lie (One Man Band Version)".
''I Am Very Far'' & ''The Silver Gymnasium''
![Will Sheff 2008](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Will_Sheff_2008.jpg)
Okkervil River's sixth album, ''
I Am Very Far'', was released on May 10, 2011. To promote the album, the band went on tour in 2011 with
Titus Andronicus
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,
Julianna Barwick
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Barwick has said that her music is influenced by her participation in church choir while gro ...
,
Future Islands
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and NewVillager. In September 2013 Okkervil River released their seventh album, ''
The Silver Gymnasium'', the content of which is inspired by Sheff's childhood and hometown.
''Away''
![Will Scheff (okkervil river)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Will_Scheff_%28okkervil_river%29.jpg)
''
Away'', the band's eighth album, was released on September 9, 2016. The album features a new backing band and sonic direction, including contributions from Marissa Nadler, Jonathan Meiburg and members of the classical group yMusic. The content of the album is largely based on Will Sheff's life during the 2013–2015 period after the release of The Silver Gymnasium, during which many members of the band left and his grandfather died.
''In the Rainbow Rain''
''
In the Rainbow Rain'' was released on April 27, 2018, and marks the ninth album for the band. Will Sheff produced the album while
Shawn Everett
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Ever ...
(Perfume Genius, Alabama Shakes, The War on Drugs) assumed mixing responsibilities.
The writing process incorporated Sheff's songwriting craftsmanship with an interplay of his new bandmates,
Benjamin Lazar Davis (bass), Will Graefe (guitar), Lip Talk (Sarah K. Pedinotti) (keys) and Cully Symington (percussion) – the same iteration of Okkervil River that joined Sheff on the Away tour.
Sheff and the band started work on the new album shortly after the end of that tour – and the presidential election. "If December 2016 was good for anything, it was good for writing songs", he said. Sheff took a different approach to the album, sometimes co-writing with his new band, and occasionally attending local Quaker meetings.
Other projects
![Okkervil river1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Okkervil_river1.jpg)
In 2001, Meiburg and Sheff founded a second band known as
Shearwater
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. Originally an outlet for Meiburg songs and some Sheff songs that didn't fit the Okkervil mold, Shearwater has gradually evolved into a full-fledged band. The band's 2006 release, ''
Palo Santo'' (sans Sheff's vocals, but including his musical input), has seen Meiburg receive great critical acclaim. The groups still share many fans, and, while on tour together in 2004, they released a limited edition split-CD entitled ''
Sham Wedding/Hoax Funeral''. In 2008, Meiburg left Okkervil River to focus exclusively on Shearwater.
On April 20, 2010, former
13th Floor Elevators singer-guitarist
Roky Erickson released the album ''True Love Cast Out All Evil'', produced by Will Sheff and backed by Okkervil River.
Okkervil River also performed "
Candle on the Water" for the 2016 remake of "
Pete's Dragon".
Discography
Albums
Split albums
*2003 ''
Julie Doiron / Okkervil River
''Julie Doiron / Okkervil River'' is an album release, a CD split between Julie Doiron and alternative country band Okkervil River
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'' – Acuarela, split with
Julie Doiron
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*2004 ''
Sham Wedding/Hoax Funeral'' – Jound, split with
Shearwater
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EPs
*1998 ''Bedroom EP'' – Jound
*1999 ''
Stars Too Small to Use'' – Jound
*2004 ''
Sleep and Wake-Up Songs
''Sleep and Wake-Up Songs'' is the third EP by Okkervil River, released on November 2, 2004. This interim release was in anticipation of their subsequent full-length album, ''Black Sheep Boy
''Black Sheep Boy'' is the third studio album by Am ...
'' – (Jagjaguwar)
*2005 ''
Black Sheep Boy Appendix
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'' – (Jagjaguwar)
*2006 ''
Overboard & Down'' – Inertia,
Australia
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-only tour EP
*2018 ''New Blood'' – (
ATO Records)
Other
*2007 ''Black Sheep Boy (Definitive Edition)'' – Double album of ''
Black Sheep Boy'' and ''
Black Sheep Boy Appendix
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'' (Europe and US, Jagjaguwar)
*2007 ''
Golden Opportunities Mixtape'' – A collection of eight covers and one original song released on the band's website
*2010 ''
True Love Cast Out All Evil
''True Love Cast Out All Evil'' is a 2010 album by Roky Erickson, his first album of new material in 14 years. Produced by Okkervil River's Will Sheff, the album also features the members of Okkervil River on most songs as Erickson's backing ban ...
'' feat.
Roky Erickson (
ANTI-)
*2011 ''
Golden Opportunities 2'' – EP with four covers and one traditional song, released via the band's website
*2013 ''
Golden Opportunities 3'' – EP with five covers of popular songs from the 1980s
*2020 ''
A Dream in the Dark: Two Decades of Okkervil River Live'' – Live album of twenty-four songs spanning 2006 to 2019
Singles
*1999 "The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion" – Jound, CD single
*2000 "Kansas City Single" – Jound, CD single
*2002 "Satisfy You" (split 7-inch with
South San Gabriel – Tight Spot, 7-inch
*2005 "
For Real (There's Nothing Quite Like the Blinding Light)"' – Jagjaguwar, CD single
*2006 "The President's Dead"' – Jagjaguwar, 12-inch
*2007 "Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe" – Jagjaguwar 12-inch
*2007 "Unless Its For Kicks" – Jagjaguwar, 12-inch
*2008 "Lost Coastlines" – Jagjaguwar, 12-inch
*2009 "Pop Lie" b/w "Millionaire" – Jagjaguwar, CD single
*2011 "Mermaid" b/w "Walked Out on a Line" – Jagjaguwar, 12-inch vinyl/digital single
*2011 "Wake and Be Fine" b/w "Weave Room Blues" – Jagjaguwar, 7-inch vinyl/digital single
*2011 "Rider" b/w "I Guess We Lost", – Jagjaguwar 7-inch vinyl/digital single
*2011 "Your Past Life As a Blast" b/w "Gold Faces", – Jagjaguwar 7-inch vinyl/digital single
*2013 "It Was My Season"
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digital single
*2013 "Down Down The Deep River" ATO digital single
*2014 "On A Balcony" ATO digital single
*2014 "Where The Spirit Left Us" ATO digital single
*2016 "Okkervill River R.I.P." ATO digital single
*2016 "The Industry" ATO digital single
*2017 "Mary On A Wave" ATO digital single
*2017 "Call Yourself Renee" ATO digital single
*2018 "Don't Move Back To LA" ATO digital single
*2018 "Pull Up The Ribbon" ATO digital single
*2018 "Love Somebody" ATO digital single
*2018 "Famous Tracheotomies" ATO digital single
*2018 "External Actor" ATO digital single
Compilation contributions
*1999 "Omie Wise" (Live) – ''Aural Fixation: Local Live Vol. 5''
*2002 "Disfigured Cowboy" – ''
Comes With A Smile
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'' CD
*2003 "Riot Act" – Glurp / ''Almost You: The Songs of Elvis Costello''
*2004 "My Bad Days (Live)" – ''Comes With A Smile'' CD
*2005 "Nancy (Live)" – I Eat Records / ''Appetizers & Leftovers''
*2005 "Your Other Man" – Summersteps Records / ''
Down in a Mirror: A Second Tribute to Jandek''
*2005 "Westfall (Live)" – Workplay / ''Workplay Live''
*2009 "All You Little Suckers" (
East River Pipe
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*2012 "It'll Never Happen Again" (
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*2016 "
Candle on the Water" (
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/ ''Pete's Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)''
*2017 "Denomination Blues" – ''Our First 100 Days''
Members
Drummer Travis Nelsen, who played with the band from 2003 to 2010, died in April 2020.
Timeline
References
External links
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Okkervil River's official YouTube channelDown The Oubliette – Okkervil River fan siteOkkervil River lyrics and guitar tabsOkkervil River on NPR Music
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