Okkervil River saw their 2003 album 'Down the River of Golden Dreams' earning wide critical praise; Magnet called it the 8th best album of the year, comparing it to Neutral Milk Hotel‚Äö?Ñ????ë?¬•s 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea' and adding that 'Okkervil River has that sort of mythical genius. Down the River‚Äö?Ñ????묨?is a story of epic proportions - a battle with the enemies at hand that spirals into a confrontation of the demons within.' New album 'Black Sheep Boy' is the most fully-realized and wildly adventurous Okkervil River record yet also introduces into the modern folk bellwether‚Äö?Ñ????ë?¬•s traditional palette of mandolin, pump organ, steel guitar, Wurlitzer, strings and horns such previously foreign elements as children‚Äö?Ñ????ë?¬•s keyboards, digitally-manipulated field recordings, and dirty splatters of distorted guitar. 'It could be a recipe for pretentious folly, but Sheff harnesses his intricate arrangements and barbed, literate lyrics to cracking tunes... A work of riviting ambition' - The Guardian. 'They sound studiously literate, melodic, and concise, which bolsters their cumulative effect' - Pitchforkmedia