Okkervil River: I Am Very Far – review

Okkervil River's extravagant new album sounds like a lunge at the big time, reckons Alexis PetridisSome albums take time, slowly revealing their meanings and aims only after repeated listening. Others seem to announce their intentions the moment you put them on, as does the sixth album by Texan quintet Okkervil River. It opens with a slightly archaic but nevertheless familiar sound: even 20 years after it fell from fashion, nothing says "we are aiming for the stadiums" quite like the booming thw...

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