NPR Streams Okkervil River’s Latest Album a Week Before Release

After broadcasting a performance by Okkervil River of their upcoming album, I Am Very Far, National Public Radio Music has published the 11 track LP via First Listen.

Last Wednesday, NPR Music filmed the band performing the album live at The Cactus Cafe in Austin, TX.  At 7 p.m. ET, the show streamed live via the web, with local Austin affiliate KUT-FM broadcasting and and uploading the show to NPR Music once it ended.

Now, less than a week after the show with over a week before the release of, I Am Very Far, NPR Music has streamed the album over the web through their album preview section, First Listen.

Okkervil River is taking May off the road for the release of, I Am Very Far, with their summer tour beginning at the end of the month.  Tour dates for the summer tour are as follows:

05/31 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
06/01 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
06/02 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
06/03 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Theatre
06/04 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
06/07 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
06/08 – Boston, MA – Royale
06/09 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
06/10 – Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Concert Theatre
06/11 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
06/12 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
06/14 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
06/15 – Denver, CO – The Bluebird Theater
06/16 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
06/17 – Boise, ID – Egyptian Theatre
06/18 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
06/20 – Vancouver, British Columbia – The Vogue Theatre
06/21 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
06/22 – San Francisco, CA – The Fox Theater
06/23 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
06/24 – San Diego, CA – The Belly Up Tavern
06/25 -Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
06/28 – Lubbock, TX – Jake’s

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