First Listen: Okkervil River, 'In The Rainbow Rain'
On his band's new album, Will Sheff views crises and crucibles as opportunities to appreciate life's gifts.
by Stephen Thompson
Apr 19, 2018
1 minute
Like many musicians, 's Will Sheff responded to the end of 2016's contentious election season by hunkering down to write songs. It'd only been a few, a somber and mournful reflection on hard transitions, from the passing of Sheff's beloved grandfather to some major turnover in the band. So he'd already been neck-deep in re-examinations of his life in the aftermath of monumental change. Here he was, staring at a fresh canvas: What to make of the world ?
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