Sham Wedding/Hoax Funeral

Sham Wedding/Hoax Funeral is a split CD featuring Austin, Texas "brother bands" Okkervil River and Shearwater. It was first available only at North American tour dates in the spring and summer of 2004, but fans later were able to purchase it online. The tracks include demos, unreleased songs and old standards. Mark Pedini, former drummer of Okkervil River, provided the artwork for the album cover. Sham Wedding by Okkervil River Hoax Funeral by Sh... more

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Artist

Shearwater

Shearwater is an indie rock band formed in Austin, Texas in 1999 by Okkervil River members Jonathan Meiburg and Will Sheff. Jonathan Meiburg and Will Sheff,...

Okkervil River

Okkervil River is an indie rock band from Austin, Texas. Formed in 1998, the band takes its name from a short story by Russian author Tatyana Tolstaya. They...

Label

Jagjaguwar

Jagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana. In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label. They had previously released a 7"...
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