I Am Very Far

Okkervil River

SKU: JAG185LP

Barcode: 656605218519

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‘I Am Very Far’ is a startling break from anything this band has done before. The band’s Will Sheff emerges not only as a songwriter of the highest caliber, but a producer and arranger of singular vision. ‘I Am Very Far’ is monolithic and darkly ambiguous.

Sheff contributed vocals to The New Pornographers’ album ‘Together’, wrote a song for Norah Jones’ ‘The Fall’, and helmed the Roky Erickson record ‘True Love Cast Out All Evil’, for which his album notes received a Grammy nomination.

The writing process for ‘I Am Very Far’ produced 30 or so songs, which he narrowed down to 18, recorded in a series of short, high-intensity sessions, each in a different location, each employing completely different methods than the one before it.

For songs like ‘Rider’ and ‘Wake And Be Fine’, Sheff gathered together a massive version of Okkervil River – two drummers, two pianists, two bassists, and seven guitarists, all playing live in one room – and led them on a week of live-in-the-studio marathon sessions, performing a single song obsessively over and over for as many as 12 hours to capture just the right take.

Available on deluxe double vinyl (with D-side etching and digital download).

Also available as an extremely limited wooden box edition (50 copies for the UK), which includes the vinyl record, full CD, hardbound lyrics book, 7” (featuring two exclusive tracks from the recording sessions), Faux handwritten letter from Will Sheff and lasercut cards (intricate papercut done by laser; fragile decorative piece).

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Track Listings

The Valley
Piratess
Rider
Lay Of The Last Survivor
White Shadow Waltz
We Need A Myth
Hanging From A Hit
Show Yourself
Your Past Life Is A Blast
Wake And Be Fine
The Rise

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