Video: Okkervil River - Rider

Okkervil River have been getting some serious attention lately having recently appeared on Letterman over in the states. In a departure from their usually polished and folk -tinged efforts, the indie-rock outfit from Texas have recently released their sixth album ' I Am Very Far ' - featuring a heavier, darker sound. Lead singer and writer Will Sheff has gone on record to describe his reasoning behind the band's new direction: 'I found myself wanting to not be accessible and not be crowd pleasing and basically be self-pleasing and follow what I thought was really [...]