Okkervil River @ Webster Hall
What a show! This band is such a powerful unit of folk rock it’s unbelievable. Every member plays so tightly and when they change something, they change it on a dime. When Will Sheff performs his music, you get a great sense of love and ownership of the tunes. Every slow song was captivating and every other selection was played like it was the finale.
The concert strengthened The Stand-ins, solidified The Stage Names and Black Sheep Boy and intrigued me to get their earlier albums.
TRACKLIST
Plus Ones
Singer Songwriter
A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene
Black
The Latest Toughs
On Tour With Zykos
Pop Lie
The War Criminal Rises And Speaks
A Stone
Blue Tulip
Starry Stairs
Lost Coastlines
For Real
Unless It Kicks
ENCORE
Girl In Port
Okkervil River Song
Westfall
Comments
I still haven’t heard The Stand Ins. They did Black, though. That must have been amazing.
I gave The Stand Ins so much time to grow on me. It was disappointing when compared to the prior two albums. But it definitely did.
I’m always an album behind on these guys. Stage Names didn’t do anything for me right away but it made me go back and revisit Black Sheep Boy. Stand Ins hasn’t really lit my world on fire but I’ve been listening to Stage Names more than I did when that came out.