Album · Okkervil River
Away by Okkervil River
Away is an album by Okkervil River, released in 2016. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Okkervil River R.I.P.”, on 1 list with a best position of #63.
Away, Okkervil River's eighth studio album, came out on September 9, 2016, the band's second for ATO after The Silver Gymnasium, and it's Will Sheff's record in every sense. He produced it, and he made it after a stretch of upheaval: the backing band had changed, and his grandfather had died. Sheff has described the songs as a kind of death story for one chapter of his life, with a way forward hidden inside it.
Fittingly, it opens with a song called "Okkervil River R.I.P.", whose video Sheff directed in upstate New York. Recorded in New York and mixed by Jonathan Wilson, the album drifts and swells rather than stomps, with chamber ensemble yMusic, Marissa Nadler and former member Jonathan Meiburg, now leading Shearwater, all sitting in. Even the cover is borrowed beauty: Tom Uttech's painting Nin Maminawendam.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Away on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okkervil River R.I.P. | 1 | #63 | – | 2016 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.