Originally written by Luke Slater · 12 September 2008
Austin's Okkervil River are to mark the release of their forthcoming album The Stand Ins with an eight video Youtube series.
The series, available on Okkervil River's YouTube channel, features contributions from Will Sheff and AC Newman from The New Pornographers, Bon Iver, and David Vandervelde, all performing covers of songs from The Stand Ins, released October 13th.
The band is also inviting fans to upload their contributions of covers from The Stand Ins.
Okkervil River hit these shores on Bonfire Night and tour accordingly:
November 5 Norwich Waterfront 6 Manchester Academy 7 Dublin Academy 9 Glasgow Oran Mor 10 Wolverhampton Wulfrun 11 London Shepherds Bush Empire 12 Brighton Concorde 2