# Okkervil River Will Perform New LP Live Wednesday Night During KUT and NPR Broadcast

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2011/04/okkervil-river-stream-lp-live-wednesday-night-npr-broadcast/
- Published: 2011-04-27T01:04:32-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

Okkervil River's new LP, I Am Very Far, will be officially released on May 9th.

For what we think is a web first, **Okkervil River** are not releasing their new
album, _I Am Very Far_,  today, but instead will perform it live, song for song,
on _KUT_ in **Austin** in collaboration with _NPR_. You can [listen to the live cast](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/first-listen-live-okkervil-river-plays-i-am-very-far)
at 7 pm EST Wednesday evening. **The Foo Fighters** recently performed their entire
new album, _Wasting Light_, on a special web-only live cast, which you can [still stream here](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/04/ircs-record-store-day-music-guide-vol-ii-cover/).
However, Foo Fighters had already released _Wasting Light _prior to the performance.

Although the new Okkervil River album doesn’t officially drop until May 9th (pre-
order here), it will mark the band’s first album since 2008’s _The Stand Ins_. So,
it has been a long time and waiting for fans of one of the best indie folk rock 
bands of the past decade.

Compared to a relative blitz of releases early on in the band’s career, **Okkervil
River** has released just two LPs in the past six years. But the idea to perform
the album live first is a great marketing event, and also a nice treat for hard-
core fans. Here’s the first single from the album.

[“Wake And Be Fine”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/wakeandbefine.mp3)–**
Okkervil River** from _I Am Very Far _ (2011)

Okkervil River formed when former high school friends from **New Hampshire**, vocalist**
Will Robison Sheff **and drummer **Seth Warren** decided to meet in Austin after
college to work on some music they had been discussing. The duo added bassist **
Zachary Thomas** soon after and recorded several EPs, including _Stars Too Small
to Use_, in early 2000. About the same time, multi-instrumentalist **Jonathan Meiburg**
joined the band just in time for the band’s SXSW debut in March 2000.

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Producer **Brian Beattie **agreed to produce the band’s debut LP, _Don’t Fall in
Love with Everyone You See_. During the recording of the album, Warren left the 
band to move to California and was replaced by drummer **Mark Pendini**. The band
then signed to **Jagjaguwar Records **who released the debut LP in 2002. The next
year, the band released their sophomore LP, _Down the River of Golden Dreams_. In
2005, Okkervil River broke out big time to the national stage with the release of
_Black Sheep Boy,_ and several months later, the _Black Sheep Boy Appendix_ EP. 
In 2007 and 2008, the band released _The Stage Names_ and _The Stand Ins_, respectively.

“Lost Coastlines” – **Okkervil River** from _The Stand Ins_ (2008)

Okkervil River will officially drop _I Am Very Far_ on May 9th. The following week,
the band will headline at **Heaven** in **London**, and then at **Gota Kallare**
in **Stockholm** on May 20th. On May 31st, the band will kick off their 2011 summer
tour at the **Variety Playhouse** in **Atlanta**.

The [three week tour](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/okkervilriver),
according to the band’s MySpace page, will take the band across the U.S. (and Canada),
but no shows are scheduled for **California**, which is a bit bizarre. The tour 
will end up at the magnificent **Crystal Ballroom** in **Portland**, Oregon – yes
that gigantic room up the top of the stairs with the bouncing floor. We saw** Panda
Bear** there last fall during MFNW. If you’ve never seen a show there, this would
be a good reason to go, and you might just get to see the ghosts.

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