Featuring beautiful, emotional readings of songs popularized by such artists as Washington Phillips, Lead Belly, the Louvin Brothers, and Roscoe Holcomb, "There Swims A Swan" takes the listener through the songs that inspired Will Sheff while composing "Black Sheep Boy" and plays like a run-through of that album's themes.

"Black Sheep Boy" is celebrated for its album artwork as well as its music, and the "10th Anniversary Edition" collects that artwork in a meticulously reworked packaged, combining every previous element of (longtime OKKERVIL RIVER illustrator) William Schaff's imagery - not to mention a large new piece by Schaff depicting an updated "Black Sheep Boy". The release also includes lengthy liner notes by Will Sheff walking the listener through the circumstances surrounding the album. Later this year OKKERVIL RIVERwill perform both "Black Sheep Boy" and "Black Sheep Boy Appendix" albums at a handful of shows. Not to mention, Will Sheff will have a short run of West Coast solo performances. Full list of dates below.

For OKKERVIL RIVER the "10th Anniversary Edtion" is a loving, comprehensive, richly expanded presentation of a record many consider to be on the of the band's best. For those new to the band, this might be the best place to start, the first step on a long road, the opening to a forest you can get lost in.

Tracklisting:
Volume I: Black Sheep Boy
1. Black Sheep Boy
2. For Real
3. In A Radio Song
4. Black
5. Get Big
6. A King And A Queen
7. A Stone
8. The Latest Toughs
9. Song Of Our So-Called Friend
10. So Come Back, I Am Waiting
11. A Glow

Volume II: Black Sheep Boy Appendix
1. Missing Children
2. No Key, No Plan
3. A Garden
4. Black Sheep Boy #4
5. The Next Four Months
6. Another Radio Song
7. A Forest
8. Last Love Song For Now

Volume III: There Swims A Swan
1. Goodnight Irene
2. I'm In Love With Susan Smith
3. See See Rider
4. Knoxville Girl
5. Satan is Real
6. Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down
7. Willow Tree
8. Moonshiner
9. Oh, The Wind And Rain
10. What are They Doing in Heaven Today
11. Trouble in Mind


Okkervil River Tour Dates:
Fri. Nov. 20 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat ^
Sat. Nov. 21 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom ^
Tues. Nov. 24 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair ^
Mon. Dec. 14 - Seattle, WA @ Columbia City Theater &
Tues. Dec. 15 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge &
Fri. Dec. 18 - San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall &
Sat. Dec. 19 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever &

^ = An Evening With Okkervil River
& = Okkervil River (solo