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 Post subject: okkervil river - the stand ins (2008)
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can't comment on it yet as it's still downloading...but i'm sure the people with good taste on this board will like this along with me :wink:

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Okkervil River's The Stage Names was supposed to be a double album, but was released last year as a single disc instead. Now, Will Sheff and company are seeing that creative concept through with the release of The Stage Names' sequel, The Stand Ins.

The 11-track disc is due on Sept. 9 through Jagjaguwar Records. The Stand Ins was recorded in the band's hometown of Austin, Texas and co-produced by the band and their longtime producer of choice, Brian Beattie.

The Stand Ins explores the stories and ideas introduced on The Stage Names in greater depth. It features former Okkervil River guitarist and current Shearwater frontman Jonathan Meiburg on "Lost Coastlines," which is about the difficulties of keeping a band together. The Wrens' Charles Bissell, who's been playing guitar with Okkervil River on tour, also contributed to the album.

The Stand Ins includes "Starry Stairs," the sequel to The Stage Names' "Savannah Smiles," a track about Shannon Wilsey, a porn star and groupie who had relationships with Gregg Allman, Slash and Billy Idol before committing suicide.

Okkervil River self-released their Bedroom debut EP in 1998, while their Stars Too Small To Use full-length followed the next year. They signed with Jagjaguwar for 2002's Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You See, and followed that with 2003's Down The River Of Golden Dreams and 2005's Black Sheep Boy before issuing The Stage Names.


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i hate it already.

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Need a password and I don't see it in our post

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I tried to find somebody of that sort that I could like that nobody else did - because everybody would adopt his group, and his group would be _it_; someone weird like Captain Beefheart. It's no different now - people trying to outdo ! each other in extremes. There are people who like X, and there are people who say X are wimps; they like Black Flag.

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i would like that album cover on a tshirt

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pw: exreehipp

j/k it's jukeboxer

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Oh oh! I had no idea. I should really start checking up on some of my favorite bands more often. Thanks, e.

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Like the Walkmen & the National, it's a band I want to like but they just don't catch me. That being said, I'm still checking this out. Thanks e.

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I loved the last one, and hope this is as good. Thanks Estone!
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love it. thanks, j.
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two albums i'm very interested in on one day, e-stone your my new best friend. :)

i'm jumping out of my skin for this one. a sequel? this is the first i have even heard that.

LOVE THIS BAND
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I'm enjoying the shit out of this, J. Gracias.

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I probably won't have time to listen to it for a few days, but thanks for posting it.

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damn, that was supposed to match up better. oh well.

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Will's trying out the low register. I like it.

I still haven't made my mind up about this band. One thing I really like about them is their ambition, the way they're so totally unafraid of failure - I mean, hell, "Starry Stairs" is aiming for a kind of Stax/Volt R&B groove, seemingly unaware that the singer is a quavery, frail white kid. Gotta respect that, somehow. And they keep extending the scope of that ambition too. Of course, it generally means they fail as often as they hit the bullseye (and usually within the same song)... but I kinda like that too.

If this was released as part of The Stage Names I might've appreciated that album a little more (y'know, in a "I like sides 3 & 4 better than sides 1 & 2" sorta way).
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Rads nailed my thoughts.

and to add . . . I might enjoy this as a whole album of theirs.
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awesome. a good music day with this and neil halstead. one of the best bands out there.

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awesome. a good music day with this and neil halstead. one of the best bands out there.


where's this?
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Damn, these guys be prolific.
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Damn, these guys be prolific.


They really do crank out the music.

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yipee! great way to start out the morning.

d/ling now...

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