Okkervil River is an actual river in Russia as well as the title of a short story by Tatiana Tolstaya, the great grand niece of Leo Tolstoy. I will discus neither here since russian literature is someone elses forte. Okkervil River is also an amazing band from Texas. The impassioned voice of frontman Will Sheff always sounds to me to be right on the verge of breaking. Along with the remains of his soul. Sadness anger and melancholy drip from these songs. The stories woven here are brilliant, deadly and disfunctional. All held together by the beautiful decay of pump organ, mandolin and strings. I cannot define this stylisticly. literate rock emo freak alt folk or in otherwords beautiful. Maybe, americana murder ballad... personal favorites... the entire album.
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