Okkervil River's New Album 'In The Rainbow Rain' (4/27, ATO) Streaming Now On NPR First Listen
Okkervil River's gorgeous new album 'In The Rainbow Rain' is out next Friday, April 27th on ATO Records, but fans can stream it early today via NPR First Listen, who called the album "warm, bright...limber and expansive."
Okkervil River will celebrate the release of 'In The Rainbow Rain' with two special NYC-area events. This Saturday, April 21st, Okkervil River's Will Sheff will be joined by AC Newman of The New Pornographers at the Strand Rare Book Room, where the two artists will discuss the making of the record. Will will also perform selections from the album solo and acoustic, and fans will have the opportunity to purchase the album early. Find details on the event, presented by The Talkhouse.
On album release day, Friday, April 27th, Okkervil River will play a sold-out show at Brooklyn's Rough Trade. It's an intimate venue for the band, who will return to NYC to play bigger rooms later this year.
Earlier this week, Okkervil River released album opener "Famous Tracheotomies," a sweeping epic about the emergency tracheotomy Will Sheff underwent as a child and the tracheotomies of other famous figures including Gary Coleman, Dylan Thomas and Ray Davies. Listen to that song and read an interview with Billboard about the story behind it.
And last week, Okkervil River released a new video for "Don't Move Back To LA," shot at a 150-acre farm in New Hampshire.
'In The Rainbow Rain' has earned early praise from NPR All Songs Considered, who called the new music "celebratory and uplifting," and Under the Radar, who called Will Sheff "one of the most interesting songwriters of the last two decades." Okkervil River will tour in support of 'In The Rainbow Rain,' full routing below.
'IN THE RAINBOW RAIN' TRACK LIST
1) Famous Tracheotomies
2) The Dream And The Light
3) Love Somebody
4) Family Song
5) Pulled Up The Ribbon
6) Don't Move Back To LA
7) Shelter Song
8) How It Is
9) External Actor
10) Human Being Song
PRE-ORDER 'IN THE RAINBOW RAIN'
OKKERVIL RIVER TOUR DATES
Apr 21 - New York, NY @ The Strand Rare Book Room
Apr 27 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade NYC (Album Release Show) - SOLD OUT
May 20 - Washington, DC @ The Black Cat
May 21 - Carboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
May 22 - Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5
May 24 - Dallas, TX @ The Kessler Theater
May 25 - Houston, TX @ The Heights Theater
May 26 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk (Hot Luck Festival)
May 29 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
May 31 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teregram Ballroom
June 1 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
June 2 - San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo's 365 Club
June 4 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
June 5 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
June 7 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
June 8 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
June 9 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
June 11 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
June 12 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
June 13 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
June 14 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
June 15 - Woodstock, NY @ Colony
June 16 - Boston, MA @ Royale
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