The latest single from Okkervil River’s Will Sheff’s debut solo album “Nothing Special” is “In The Thick Of It,” a melancholy piano ballad featuring vocals from Cassandra Jenkins. “In the Thick of It” is a song about moments of grace right in the frenetic middle of things,” Will says. “I wrote it remotely with Will Graefe in a frantic flight out of L.A. to the desert. Zac Rae leads the charge on piano and I asked Cassandra Jenkins to sing the song along with me.
I had this big music video planned, but then everybody who was supposed to make the video got COVID. So I borrowed a camera and sang the song while walking my dog Larry through some of our favourite spots in the city. We had a great time and we only spent 200 dollars.”
Will Sheff’s upcoming album, ‘Nothing Special’, out October 7th
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