» Review: Okkervil River
For a band at times amazing on record, on this night, Austin, Texas’s finest sons got off to the slowest of slow starts. After an hour of dragging semi-acoustic whinging, Will Sheff and co suddenly sprang to life with a stunning final forty-five minutes, gathering their very best, most energetic songs and wringing every last drop of life from them. Rollicking versions of the loudest moments from latest record The Stand Ins combined with quality covers of Scott Walker’s ‘Black Sheep Boy’ and Lennon’s ‘Jealous Guy’ dismissed the first misspent hour from memory, turning a previously nonchalant crowd into devoted fans.
Concorde 2, 12 November
3/5
Nick Aldwinckle






