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Okkervil River On World Cafe

Okkervil River On World Cafe
"It's not really an Okkervil River album, and it's also my favorite Okkervil River album," songwriter Will Sheff says of the band's latest offering, Away.
The new Okkervil River album Away features a number of songs written very quickly by Will Sheff during sessions in the Catskills last year. He was in a period of transition: Several members of Okkervil River left the band during this time, and he also lost his beloved grandfather.

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