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Okkervil River's New Album 'In The Rainbow Rain' (4/27, ATO) Streaming Now On NPR First Listen

Okkervil River’s New Album ‘In The Rainbow Rain’ (4/27, ATO) Streaming Now On NPR First Listen
Join Okkervil River For 2 NYC-Area Events: In Conversation W/ Ac Newman (The New Pornographers) At The Strand Rare Book Room On 4/21 + Sold-Out Album Release Show At Brooklyn's Rough Trade On 4/27

 

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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