Okkervil River: “Our Life is Not a Movie…”

May 21st, 2007

The cats over at premiered this today. I’d really been hoping for some advance glimmers of the new Okkervil River album, and it looks like today’s the day!

MP3: Okkervil River - Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe
I knew when I heard this at SXSW that it would wind up being a fantastic song. Lyrically, it’s refreshingly down-to-earth: “It’s just a life story / so there’s no climax.” It’s a melody-driven work that gets several punches out of the alternatingly sparse and dense instrumentation.

Okkervil River on Myspace

Previously on YANP:
Okkervil River @ SXSW

Shapes n’ Sizes did a little performance for Philebrity. Check it out.

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