Okkervil River The Stand Ins
Entertainment Weekly: "This Austin quintet follow 2007's THE STAGE NAMES with a second tour de force about the collateral damage of fame." -- Grade: A
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- Released: September 8, 2008
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Jagjaguwar
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.113
3 stars out of 5 -- "'Lost Coastlines trips along on a sprightly Motown groove. 'Starry Stairs' is a Smiths ringer punched up with Stax/Volt horn charts."Spin - p.128
4 stars out of 5 -- "THE STAND INS is packed with sprawling narratives and precarious guitars....Sheff makes even the most complicated sentiments feel like an invitation to raise your fist."Spin - p.49
Ranked #19 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "Will Sheff's alternately biting and weary stories of doubt and falsity resonate..."Entertainment Weekly - p.136
"This Austin quintet follow 2007's THE STAGE NAMES with a second tour de force about the collateral damage of fame." -- Grade: AAlternative Press - p.152
4 stars out of 5 -- "Paired with electric guitar and Sheff's rich, smooth-yet-almost-breaking vocal delivery, 'Names' is textured and engaging."Magnet - p.118
"THE STAND INS leaves the door open to its roots, from now-former member Jonathan Meilburg's ringing banjo opening 'Lost Coastlines' to the appropriately HIGHWAY 61-leaning 'Singer Songwriter'..."CMJ
"STAND INS saunters ambitiously through the depths of the night amidst the clash of acoustic guitars and iconic cabaret Wurlitzer'sBlender (Magazine) - p.82
4 stars out of 5 -- "Lyrically, Sheff straddles the line between precious and brilliant, warbling twisty, appostive-packed tales about life on the road and crumbled relationships over cranked-up, vaguely folkish rock riffs."Tracks:
- 1.Stand Ins, Pt. 1
- 2.Lost Coastlines
- 3.Singer Songwriter
- 4.Starry Stairs
- 5.Blue Tulip
- 6.Stand Ins, Pt. 2
- 7.Pop Lie
- 8.On Tour with Zykos
- 9.Calling and Not Calling My Ex
- 10.Stand Ins, Pt. 3
- 11.Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed on the Roof of the Chelsea Hotel, 1979
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- Sales Rank: 107,349
- UPC: 656605212425
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