First Listen: Okkervil River, 'In The Rainbow Rain'
On his band's new album, Will Sheff views crises and crucibles as opportunities to appreciate life's gifts.
Like many musicians, 's Will Sheff responded to the end of 2016's contentious election season by hunkering down to write songs. It'd only been a few, a somber and mournful reflection on hard transitions, from the passing of Sheff's beloved grandfather to some major turnover in the band. So he'd already been neck-deep in re-examinations of his life in the aftermath of monumental change. Here he was, staring at a fresh canvas: What to make of the world ?
