I Am Very Far

Description

I Am Very Far is a startling break from anything this band has done before. The bands Will Sheff emerges not only as a songwriter of the highest caliber, but a producer and arranger of singular vision. I Am Very Far is monolithic and darkly ambiguous.

Sheff contributed vocals to The New Pornographers album Together, wrote a song for Norah Jones The Fall, and helmed the Roky Erickson record True Love Cast Out All Evil, for which his album notes received a Grammy nomination.

The writing process for I Am Very Far produced 30 or so songs, which he narrowed down to 18, recorded in a series of short, high-intensity sessions, each in a different location, each employing completely different methods than the one before it.

For songs like Rider and Wake And Be Fine, Sheff gathered together a massive version of Okkervil River two drummers, two pianists, two bassists, and seven guitarists, all playing live in one room and led them on a week of live-in-the-studio marathon sessions, performing a single song obsessively over and over for as many as 12 hours to capture just the right take.

Available on deluxe double vinyl (with D-side etching and digital download).

Also available as an extremely limited wooden box edition (50 copies for the UK), which includes the vinyl record, full CD, hardbound lyrics book, 7 (featuring two exclusive tracks from the recording sessions), Faux handwritten letter from Will Sheff and lasercut cards (intricate papercut done by laser; fragile decorative piece).