Away

"Away" is the eighth studio album by American rock band Okkervil River, released on September 9, 2016 through ATO Records. The album features a number of guest artists, including Marissa Nadler, former band member and current Shearwater frontman Jonathan Meiburg, and classical music ensemble yMusic. The album was recorded in New York and mixed by Jonathan Wilson. Away received mostly positive reviews. On Metacritic, the album has a score of 79 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Slant Magazine's David Sackllah called the album "a tremendous achievement that captures sentiments of loss, isolation, and searching for a belonging in a way that only a writer with a keen eye and empathetic nature as Sheff’s could fully articulate."