{"product_id":"away-lp-vinyl","title":"AWAY (LP) [Vinyl] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe eighth studio long-player from the Will Sheff-led ensemble, Away serves as both a denouement and a commencement for Okkervil River; a string of old beer tickets and a crisp hundred-dollar bill fished out of a retired jean jacket during a basement purge. Written during a period of personal and professional upheaval that included the death of Sheff's beloved grandfather, Away, despite boasting a talented crew of collaborators, feels more like a solo outing than a fussed-over band project -- Sheff sums it up more elliptically as \"It's not really an Okkervil River album and it's also my favorite Okkervil River album.\" Recorded on Long Island with a seasoned posse of N.Y.C.-based indie rock, jazz, and avant-garde players, the nine-track set is by far his loosest and most lyrical to date -- each song was completed in just one or two takes. Opener \"Okkervil River R.I.P.\" sets a melancholy tone, and with the exception of the bouncy \"Judey on a Street,\" that faded postcard patina extends throughout the remaining eight tracks. The gorgeous, psilocybin-mushrooms-expedited \"Call Yourself Renee\" and the tone poem-ish and aptly named \"Days Spent Floating (In the Halfbetween),\" the latter composed via an October spent parsing through each morning's first complete thought, see Sheff pushing outward a bit from the erudite confessionalism of the past, but his long-winded conversational lyrics are still as evocative ever -- the lovely \"Comes Indiana Through the Smoke\" imagines the battleship that Sheff's grandfather served on in WWII returning to him in his final moments. The paucity of any full-on rockers may drive some listeners back to the group's more propulsive, earlier works, but the sullen, sweet, and soulful Away rewards a patient ear. ~ James Christopher Monger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Paladin Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42659356311575,"sku":"W6CA2E-M944-00","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/8099\/9959\/files\/Okkervil-River-AWAY-LP_KKrm8.jpg?v=1754994704","url":"https:\/\/animeimports.net\/products\/away-lp-vinyl","provider":"Anime Imports LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}