---
date: '2013-07-15'
title: "Maps And Music - Explore Okkervil River's New Album"
description: "The next album from the Austin, Texas band Okkervil River will tell the childhood tale of its lead singer and songwriter Will Sheff, a self-described awkward, nearsighted, asthmatic kid growing up the small town of Meriden, New Hampshire. The music on The Silver Gymnasium, out on September 3, is some of Okkervil River's best ..."
tags: ['video', 'music']
---

**[NPR:](http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/07/12/201582565/maps-and-music-explore-okkervil-rivers-new-album)**

> "The next album from the Austin, Texas band Okkervil River will tell the childhood tale of its lead singer and songwriter Will Sheff, a self-described awkward, nearsighted, asthmatic kid growing up the small town of Meriden, New Hampshire. The music on The Silver Gymnasium, out on September 3, is some of Okkervil River's best ..."

Cannot wait for this.<!-- excerpt -->
