Caught Okkervil River a couple of weeks ago at the Bell House in Brooklyn, playing a warmup show for their appearance on Letterman. First of all, it was my first visit to the Bell House and I really liked the place - nice sized room, good beers on tap, very intimate atmosphere and pretty good sound. Kind of excited to go back there, even if it involves taking the R train.
The show was terrific - Will Sheff's voice benefited significantly from the band's short break from touring (he is not exactly gentle on his voice in the course of a show) and the band had a great energy that the room picked up. This was the first time I've ever seen a Brooklyn crowd spontaneously start clapping along (to Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe).
The next night, the band played Letterman, and while I think Lost Coastlines would have been a better song for the show (more representative of the band's overall catalog), the performance of Pop Lie is very good. It's also a funny song to play on a major TV show, as it plays with the singer-fan relationship ("He's the liar who lied in his pop song/ And you're lying when you sing along").
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