A collaboration between Okkervil River and the Antlers, two of the poetic indie bands of our time, both in sound and word, is one that seems so perfect you can almost see photos of Will Sheff, Peter Silberman, and Michael Lerner cutely cropped together like a fan zine-style shipping board.
Last year this music nerd head canon manifested, and the groups came together for a collaborative tour where Lerner and Silberman did an Antlers set, Sheff and bassist Julian Cubillos did a set as Okkervil River, and the night ended with a set by the full quartet, performing songs from both repertoires.
Each show was recorded, and last month they released the appropriately titled Band Together, a showcase of their favorite takes from the tour’s full sets. To mark the occasion, they recaptured that collaborative magic once again, this time in the cozy annals of KUTX’s Studio 1A. “Lost Coastlines” is an Okkervil River track, taking us back to 2008’s The Stand-Ins.
Band Together is out now.
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