Will Sheff - Nothing Special

Released 7th October 2022.

SK says: "Although reports of Okkervil River's demise on 2016's brilliant 'Away' proved premature, bandleader Will Sheff abandons the band moniker for the first time. A stellar lineup of collaborators contribute to a set which recalls the pastoral melancholy of that record, along with the razor sharp wit of OR albums like 'I Am Very Far' and 'The Silver Gymnasium', but this time tempered by a bittersweetness and sense of release."

After nine critically acclaimed albums, twenty bandmates, countless bars, clubs, theatres and festivals, after two full decades, Will Sheff is letting Okkervil River drift out to sea with the release of Nothing Special, his debut collection under his own name.

Nothing Special was recorded with a mix of old friends (like Benjamin Lazar-Davis, Jonathan Meiburg and Will Graefe) and new collaborators (Christian Lee Hutson, Cassandra Jenkins, Dawes drummer Griffin