Current Obsession: Joanna Newsom and Okkervil River.
Posted by jtrussell on January 2, 2008
I’m not sure at all why Will Sheff’s Okkervil River and the outsider harp of Joanna Newsom are intrinsically linked in my head. I came to them in the same year : Okkervil through the song Westfall from Don’t Fall in Love With Everyone You See and Joanna through Swansea from The Milk Eyed Mender. There’s not a lot that would make them similar on the surface (except perhaps the initially offputting vocals that grow on you until they become beautiful), but at the moment, the two most important musical threads in my life belong to this odd pair.
Okkervil River “Westfall”
Joanna Newsom “Swansea”
Okkervil River “Our Life is not a Movie or Maybe”
Joanna Newsom “Monkey and Bear”
