Okkervil River has produced some of the best music in the indie-rock canon.  They are now adding to that largesse via their new album The Silver Gymnasium.  The album is a nostalgia-bomb set in leader Will Sheff’s home town of Meriden, NH around 1986, and revolves around Sheff’s own childhood there.  Check out the album’s evolutionary sounds that include more synthesizers.  This may be Okkervil River’s best album yet.  You can stream it now over at NPR.  Go HERE to listen in.  The songlist and the band’s tour dates in support are below.

The Silver Gymnasium:

1. It Was My Season
2. On a Balcony
3. Down Down the Deep River
4. Pink-Slips
5. Lido Pier Suicide Car
6. Where the Spirit Left Us
7. White
8. Stay Young
9. Walking Without Frankie
10. All the Time Every Day
11. Black Nemo

Tour Dates:

09/07 – Boston, MA @ Boston Calling
09/19 – Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box
09/20 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder
09/21 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
09/23-24 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
09/26 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 *
09/27 – Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt
09/28 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
09/29 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
10/01 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
10/02 – Little Rock, AR @ Revolution
10/04-06 – Austin City Limits, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/11-13 – Austin City Limits, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/18 – El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
10/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
10/20 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
10/24 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
10/25 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
10/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
11/01 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
11/02 – Chicago, IL @ Metro

* = w/ Pickwick and Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears