Okkervil River - Wake And Be Fine

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We got to hear this track earlier this month, and now Okkervil River is offering it up as a freebie. You just need to give them an email address. Ok Riv’s album I Am Very Far comes out May 10th. Pre-order it here. Here’s what lead singer Will Sheff said to NPR:

Dreams were a big influence on I Am Very Far, the weird crumbling-apart logic of dreams, and the strange, strong emotions dream situations take on. Early on in the writing process for the record, I decided to go and stay at the location that appears the most often in my own dreams – my grandparents’ house in New Hampshire. It’s a giant farmhouse, several centuries old, with a 3-story barn that, when I was a kid, was connected to the kitchen by a long cockeyed wooden corridor that eventually had to be torn down because it was falling apart. I have vivid childhood memories of the ghosts my cousins and I all believed occupied that house, and memories of running down that corridor so fast my heart was in my throat, knowing that they were coming closer behind me the faster I ran. One segment of the wooden corridor was never torn down but was instead converted into a two-car garage, above which my grandparents constructed a little guest room. This is where I stayed during part of the writing process for I Am Very Far. I wrote “Wake and Be Fine” one afternoon on their old upright piano while they were down the street visiting some friends.

Hit the jump for tour dates and the video for this song…

Tour Dates:

April 30th: Dallas, TX, US @ Gexa Energy Pavilion (with Arcade Fire)

May 16th: London, UK @ Heaven

May 18th: Berlin, DE @ Kesselhaus

May 20th: Stockholm, SE @ Gota Kallare

May 21st: Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefahrlich

May 22nd: Amsterdam, NL @ Indiestad Festival – Paradiso

May 23rd: Paris, FR @ Maroquinerie

May 31st: Atlanta, GA, US @ Variety Playhouse * #

June 1st: Chapel Hill, NC, US @ Cat’s Cradle * #

June 2nd: Washington DC, US @ 930 Club * #

June 3rd: Philadelphia, PA, US @ Trocadero * #

June 4th: New Haven, CT, US @ Toad’s * #

June 7th: New York, NY, US @ Terminal 5 * #

June 8th: Boston, MA, US @ Royale * #

June 9th: Buffalo, NY, US @ Town Ballroom * #

June 10th: Toronto, ON, CA @ Phoenix Theatre * #

June 11th: Columbus, OH, US @ Newport Music Hall * #

June 12th: Minneapolis, MN, US @ First Ave * #

June 14th: Omaha, NE, US @ Slowdown *

June 15th: Denver, CO, US @ Bluebird Theater *

June 16th: Salt Lake City, UT, US @ Urban Lounge *

June 17th: Boise, ID, US @ Egyptian Theatre *

June 18th: Seattle, WA, US @ Neptune Theatre *

June 20th: Vancouver, BC, CA @ The Vogue Theatre * &

June 21st: Portland, OR, US @ Crystal Ballroom * &

June 22nd: San Francisco, CA, US @ Fox Theater * &

June 23rd: Los Angeles, CA, US @ The Wiltern Theatre * $

June 24th: San Diego, CA, US @ Belly Up Tavern * $

June 25th: Tucson, AZ, US @ Rialto Theatre * $

June 28th: Lubbock, TX, US @ Jake’s *

* w/ Titus Andronicus # w/ Future Islands

& w/ Julianna Barwick $ w/ NewVillager

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