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Golden Opportunities Mixtape
Rock · 2007 · 9 tracks · 33m

Golden Opportunities Mixtape

Okkervil River

A hushed, wintery collection of covers recorded with a living-room intimacy. Stripped-back folk that trades the band's usual fire for a warm, nostalgic glow.

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It's like a cozy winter sweater in musical form, full of beautiful covers that feel like secrets.

A gentle, wintery embrace that finds beauty in solitude and nostalgia.

Golden Opportunities Mixtape · vs · Okkervil River
Winter+2.1σ

Winter saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks · 33m
01
April Anne
4:14
02
Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear
2:29
03
I Want to Know
2:58
04
Do What You Gotta Do
3:04
05
I Came Here to Say I'm Going Away
4:33
06
The Blonde in the Bleachers
3:01
07
Antarctica Starts Here
2:43
08
Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas
7:12
09
Solo
3:45
Moments Worth Waiting For
The fragile piano melody on Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear that turns a whimsical Randy Newman tune into something deeply moving.
The way the live energy of Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas builds from a solo whisper into a communal celebration.
The stark, icy stillness of the Cale cover Antarctica Starts Here where the vocals feel like they are being exhaled into cold air.
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