Yes I've been slack... no, we've all been slack. We all went on holidays over the long weekend and although I've been back over the last few days I've struggled to get out of holiday mode - maybe I'm out of it now. So during these periods of slackness I also fail to scour this universe for any new music I might like. Instead I go back to some of my older stuff which I think I need to do every now and then. How many worthy records do I have just sitting there gathering dust just waiting for their chance again? Probably too many. Actually none. I don't own records - this is the digital age my friends and I'm not one of those people who wallow in the past claiming records are better than CDs which are better than mp3's (crazy hippy folk). So on my drive up the coast over the weekend I searched through my iPod trying to find one of these greats and came across the Okkervil River EP, The Black Sheep Boy Appendix. Released last December??? I'm not sure, but the record certainly copped a beating over January and then suddenly disappeared from memory. I really like an album that you have to listen from start to finish to really appreciate its greatness - this is certainly one of them. A bit country/folky, this EP flows through emotions from pure joy portrayed by the song No Key, No plan to the sad Black Sheep Boy #4 and then a song of pure love (probably my favourite) in Another Radio Song. I must also note that the songs on the EP were actually left overs from Okkervil River's LP Black Sheep Boy - I like the EP better but the LP is damn good too.
Here are two tracks from the EP which you can purchase here.

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