I Am The Rain King: Okkervil River Is For Real

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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Okkervil River Is For Real

The new Okkervil River album Black Sheep Boy is really superb. The more I listen to it the more I'm growing on love it. It's definitely on my short list for best album released this year.

Their new animated video for the song "For Real" is available here in QuickTime format. The video was animated and directed by Portland filmmaker Zak Margolis who also does the animated diary "Drowning Boy". Will Sheff's description of the video can be found on the Jagjaguwar news page.

I'm also very excited that they're coming to town next week. They'll be playing at the Crocodile Cafe with tour mates Earlimart (also an excellent band). Definitely a show I'm going to make an effort to get to.

1 Comments:

The Humanity Critic said...

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