Okkervil River @ The Boys Club Artists 20/11/2008 It 's been a while, I wonder why I have not posted anything. It is not an obligation, I know, but those things are useless necessary, as they say in the wine cellar, then voilat, a word about the event, fouled-effect fog of my memory ever so striking.
The
Okkervilli were one of the surprises for the couple
uffiduffi , one of the most beautiful concerts of the year last
. We had the date circled in red for some of their return, certain that the show would be repeated. Then came the play of "The Stand-ins
", or most of their so-called "classic-rock". A catchy and work with all the ingredients of the band, but that seems at times tired and mannered. I struggled to finish, and repeated listening, rather than please me
or at least get used to pieces, stressed the incompatibility with my own country in doses greater than a certain threshold, as well as some allergy matured elongated tails (and maybe
choir ) of certain songs. Tell yourself what you want, but "The Stage Names
" and "Black Sheep Boy
" are not only a spectacular pairing, a large step above it (
then the reader discovers here that stand-ins is the same recording sessions of Stage Names ... and I must say I did not understand a club as usual ).
Concerto: in the end I went alone.
Offi not take it, I was about to be overwhelmed by fatigue, but I resisted. Nothing
Blake / e / e / e : shoulder canceled (
sin). Public dense and warm. They, the headliner, they are always good and exciting,
Will Sheff is a combination of charisma, passion and beautiful simplicity. News by his side a lead guitarist (and multi-instrumentalist
: it is also a banjo, slide guitar and banjo like a small guitar ) sheathed in dark suits "to grab" diligent and very concentrated in its performance on six strings. Maybe a little too precise to be honest: it does the contrary, does exactly the notes that are required in a mechanical way, formally impeccable but little understood. So it happens that the low volume of acoustics
Sheff is not adequately compensated by an increased contribution from electric part of her, by an adaptation to the context, in other words. But maybe I'm asking too much. In any case it is a nit, which comes from the fantastic memory of the previous concert, because the show still ranks way fun and relaxing as I hoped and as
okkervilli can do. "The stand ins
is represented by (
fortunately) a few pieces, the rest is a wonderful mix of the previous albums. "For real
" she is always, fantastic, the best.
End concert duff
was equipped with blue shirt and faded okkervillesca migrates to the bed with a smile.
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The Okkervilli were one of the surprises for the couple uffiduffi , one of the most beautiful concerts of the year last . We had the date circled in red for some of their return, certain that the show would be repeated. Then came the play of "The Stand-ins ", or most of their so-called "classic-rock". A catchy and work with all the ingredients of the band, but that seems at times tired and mannered. I struggled to finish, and repeated listening, rather than please me or at least get used to pieces, stressed the incompatibility with my own country in doses greater than a certain threshold, as well as some allergy matured elongated tails (and maybe choir ) of certain songs. Tell yourself what you want, but "The Stage Names " and "Black Sheep Boy " are not only a spectacular pairing, a large step above it ( then the reader discovers here that stand-ins is the same recording sessions of Stage Names ... and I must say I did not understand a club as usual ). 
