Okkervil River - "I Am Very Far" label_Fader Label each track has an increased

each track has an increased strength and clarity while retaining the album's classic shimmering grandeur

Across these songs

The story begins with Kevin Morby absentmindedly flipping through a box of old family photos in the basement of his childhood home in Kansas City

a place farther from our natural tendencies

and Mexicali Blues

Okkervil River - "I Am Very Far" label_Fader Label each track has an increased"The goal was to push my brain to places it didn't want to go. The idea was to not have any idea to keep myself confused about what I was doing," frontman Will Sheff says about Okkervil Rivers newest album. The resulting record, I AM VERY FAR, is a startling break from anything this band has done before. By turns terrifying and joyous, violent and serene, grotesque and romantic, it's a celebration of forces beyond our control. On I AM VERY FAR, Sheff