On April 5, Okkervil River will begin a national tour with The New Pornographers that will include stops in Washington D.C., Nashville and Chicago (please see reverse for details).

The Stage Names out now on Jagjaguwar continues to receive wide critical acclaim with The New York Times stating, “This band’s musical arsenal keeps getting fuller,” and Pitchfork proclaiming, “…without doubt one of the year’s best.” Harp Magazine named The Stage Names the best release of 2007 in the December issue.

In December the band released a 9-track collection of cover songs titled Golden Opportunities, which is available for free download exclusively at OkkervilRiver.com. The album features songs from The Fugs, John Cale, and Randy Newman and contains thematic ties to their critically acclaimed album The Stage Names.

The band released a video for “A Girl in Port,” which was shot by Mike Torres on their 2006 European tour. Describing the making of the video Sheff explains, “We had a day off in the area surrounding the walled city of San Elpidio a Mare, Italy. We took the van down to the beach; Scotty and Brian skipped rocks; Patrick and Travis played this weird little pseudo-poker shell and rock game; and I pulled out my guitar to play this song inspired by the whole seaside scene. It was one of my favorite afternoons in recent memory.”

In September the band performed “Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe” on Conan O’Brien and in November completed an extensive North American tour selling out shows in New York City, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles.

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For more information, please contact Mary Moyer, Zach Hinkle or Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.