In the Rainbow Rain

Description

Okkervil River’s ‘In the Rainbow Rain’, is an immediate, and meaningful album. On it, bandleader Will Sheff makes a startling left turn from their critically-lauded and inward-looking 2016 album ‘Away’, crafting an exuberant declaration of hope. In place of Away’s somber strings and acoustic textures, ‘In the Rainbow Rain’ is full of dazzling colour, spattered with starbursts of electric guitar, big blooms of synth, and a chorus of backing vocals. It’s a buoyant and playful record, but also open and emotionally vulnerable. Sheff says, ‘I wanted to make a record where a sense of kindness felt encoded into the music’.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Famous Tracheotomies – Okkervil River
2. The Dream and the Light – Okkervil River
3. Love Somebody – Okkervil River
4. Family Song – Okkervil River
5. Pulled Up the Ribbon – Okkervil River
6. Don’t Move Back to LA – Okkervil River
7. Shelter Song – Okkervil River
8. How It Is – Okkervil River
9. External Actor – Okkervil River
10. Human Being Song – Okkervil River