Singer/songwriter Will Sheff of Okkervil River and Charles Bissell of The Wrens will release a 7″ on which they cover each others songs. Sheff will cover “Ex-Girl Collection” from The Wrens’ 2003 album Meadowlands and Bissell performs “It Ends With A Fall” from Okkervil’s Down The River Of Golden Dreams, released in 2003. The 7″ will be released by Jagjaguwar starting on December 9 and will be available at shows, select retail and mail-order before a wider release in January 2009 according to Pitchfork Media.
Okkervil River is currently touring Europe in support of their latest album The Stand Ins until the end of November. During December Will Sheff will perform a few solo shows in the US including one with Charles Bissell on the 11th of December at Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn and one with Swedish folk rocker The Tallest Man On Earth in Los Angeles on the 20th of December.
To download Okkervil River’s latest single “Lost Coastlines” for free from Jagjaguwar click here.
– Johan A.
Okkervil River:
11.06 – Manchester, England – Academy
11.07 – Dublin, Ireland – Academy
11.09 – Glasgow, Scotland – Òran Mór
11.10 – Wolverhampton, England – Wulfrun Hall
11.11 – London, England – Shepherds Bush Empire
11.12 – Brighton, England – Concorde 2
11.14 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg
11.15 – Hamburg, Germany – Knust
11.17 – Berlin, Germany – Postbahnhof
11.18 – Munich, Germany – Registratur
11.19 – Milan, Italy – Musicdrome
11.20 – Rome, Italy – Circolo Degli Artist
11.21 – Bologna, Italy – Estragon
11.22 – Vienna, Austria – Porgy & Bess (Blue Bird Festival)
11.23 – Prague, Czech Republic – Rock Café
Will Sheff:
12.11 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg (with Charles Bissell & Bird Of Youth)
12.17 – San Francisco, CA – Herbst Theatre (“Talking Music: Conversation With Will Sheff”)
12.19 – San Francisco, CA – Café Du Nord (with Bird Of Youth)
12.20 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Forever Cemetary Masonic Lodge (with The Tallest Man On Earth & Bird Of Youth)
