"The Silver Gymnasium" is out September 3rd on ATO Records. Tickets are now on sale for The Silver Gymnasium US Tour: okkervilriver.com/tour Filmed and edited by Johnny North. Digital effects by Robotic Raptor. With Nancy Norwalk.
Okkervil River Song, Seas Too Far To Reach, A Stone, Song of Our So-Called Friend, Red, Kansas City, Girl in Port, Hand to Take Hold of the Scene.... so many it's hard to choose. I have different favorites for different reasons. I've been listening to these guys for 10 years so I've grown with them a lot.
Awesome! I can't explain in how much anticipation I've waited here in little England for Sheff to visit ever since I heard "Girl in Port" and just fell absolutely in love with his lyrics!
I saw the show on 10/22/13 and they played a lot off the new album as well as about 2 songs from each previous album and a couple covers. Perfectly balanced show!
Seeing them play in L.A. in October-- fantastically excited. The best show I've ever seen was them in Concord, NH in 2008ish. So much energy, so much talent, so fucking loud. This song is really really really great, probably my favorite Okkervil single in a few years.
They're playing a show in Austin tomorrow night for $15 that I'm seriously considering going to. I tried listening to their last album but could never get into it like the others. I'm hoping that this one won't turn out the same.
joshua church I'm with you. Although I kinda like all of them. Okkervil River Song always has a certain pull for me, President's Dead is classic, Westfall too, but a lot of the earlier stuff is fabulous too. Precious is amazing lyric wise, A Stone is gorgeous and expresses things perfectly... But The War Criminal Rises and Speaks tugs on so many strings I can't deny that it is my favorite.
Oh man I'm going to the London gig in November....I've been waiting for them to come to England for about 3 years! Do they play any older stuff as well? :)
This song definitely gets the Metalhead Seal of Approval for Non-Metal Songs. Honestly, the whole album is pretty good, but this song stands out. It's very poetic and has a beautiful and uplifting twist at the end.
Doubtful. This album is about Will's childhood in small town New Hampshire. It seems like the story of this song is about being in love with a friend named Jason (whose dad seems to be a troubled war veteran) and then being forcibly separated from him? I've always thought there might be an element of conversion therapy to it as well. I think the earlier Okkervil River song "A Favor" might be about the same thing.
I agree w/ you David Cassette, I think in the last verse/coda when he says "and you will stay home" infers that Jason's being sent to a "Pray-Away-the-Gay" camp or something like that.
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