This is all you need to know:
1. Okkervil River is a band from Austin (they've been around for about 11 years).
2. They are on the Jagjaguwar label (coolest label name ever).
3. They know how to put together a melody, don't short-change on the lyrics, and sing with a kind of tortured joie de vivre that is instantly appealing (inexplicably making you want to date a rock star).
4. The band name comes from a short story, by a Russian author I've near heard of.
5. Their latest, and fifth album, The Stand Ins, was released last fall.
6. The latest album is seriously good stuff.
Take a listen:
Thanks, lala.com.
There is something about that "Our life is not a movie or maybe" song that is just the absolute core of humanity. The whole human experience just dances through it. Press play and then see if you can keep it together through the "Shet" post.
ReplyDeleteI saw Jhumpa Lahiri tonight at Barnes and Noble in Union Square, NYC during her book tour of "Unaccustomed Earth" and I find it interesting that I'm posting a comment on your blog on the same day. Although Corporate America pays the bills, generous doses of literary stimulus is what gets me through the day. Thanks for the reprieve.
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