Okkervil River - Sleep & Wake-Up Songs

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Music Review: Okkervil keep getting better
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Description of Sleep & Wake-Up Songs

On 'Sleep and Wake-Up Songs,' Okkervil River and principal songwriter Will Sheff take advantage of a break between albums to present a small collection of five meditative songs that toss little boomerangs across the distance between what is and what could never be. They try on a loose-fitting felt suit of Tim Hardin folk-pop, wade until soaked in a misty psychedelic duet, strap on an electric guitar for a lark, stack the overlapping refrains of Sheff and Minus Story?s Jordan Geiger into a Phil Spector ecstasy of sexual confusion, and finally strip things down and initiate a straightforward love song. These five songs have a thematic unity and a serious purpose, but the modesty of the EP format allows the band to carry them off with a candid sense of playfulness. Next spring will see a new full-length from Okkervil River; in the meantime, rest awhile in these songs.

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