Okkervil River Frontman Will Sheff Sings Post-Mortem For Band in New Video

Newly-reinvented indie outfit Okkervil River has released a video for “R.I.P. Okkervil River” from their anticipated album Away. “R.I.P.” stars “Lincoln” actor Tim Blake Nelson as a priest and Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff – who wrote and directed the video – as a still-singing cadaver.

Check out the “R.I.P. Okkervil River” video, as well as the group’s upcoming tour dates, below.

Okkervil River 2016 Tour Dates:
7/14 @ Port City Music Hall – Portland, ME
7/15 @ 3S Artspace – Portsmouth, NH
7/16 @ Club Helsinki – Hudson, NY
7/17 @ Higher Ground – Burlington, VT
7/20 @ National Sawdust – Brooklyn, NY
9/14 @ The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA*
9/15 @ The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA*
9/19 @ 9:30 Club – Washington, DC*
9/20 @ Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC*
9/21 @ Terminal West at King Plow Arts Center – Atlanta, GA*
9/23 @ 1884 Lounge – Memphis, TN*
9/24 @ One Eyed Jacks – New Orleans, LA*
9/30 @ The Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ*
10/01 @ Belly Up Tavern – Solana Beach, CA*
10/04 @ Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA
10/05 @ The Independent – San Francisco, CA
10/07 @ Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR*
10/08 @ Neptune Theatre – Seattle, WA*
10/10 @ Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT*
10/11 @ Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO*
10/13 @ Fine Line Music Cafe – Minneapolis, MN*
10/14 @ Metro – Chicago, IL#
10/15 @ The Magic Bag – Ferndale, MI^
10/16 @ Mr. Small’s Theatre – Millvale, PA^
10/18 @ Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA^
10/20 @ Webster Hall – New York, NY
10/30 @ Parkteatret – Oslo, Norway
10/31 @ Pustervik – Gothenburg, Sweden
11/02 @ Debaser Strand – Stockholm, Sweden
11/03 @ Vega – Copenhagen, Denmark
11/04 @ Rolling Stone Weekender – Weissenhauser Strand, Germany
11/05 @ Paradiso Nord – Amsterdam, Holland
11/07 @ Petit Bain – Paris, France
11/08 @ Botanique Rotonde – Brussels, Belgium
11/10 @ Islington Assembly Hall – London, UK
11/11 @ Thekla – Bristol, UK
11/12 @ Gorilla – Manchester, UK
11/13 @ Stereo – Glasgow, UK

*with Landlady
#with Lip Talk
^with Landlady & Lip Talk