Roky Erickson with Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil

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Will be released on April 20, 2010 on Anti Records.

1. Devotional Number One
2. Ain't Blues Too Sad
3. Goodbye Sweet Dreams
4. Be and Bring Me Home
5. Bring Back the Past
6. Please, Judge
7. John Lawman
8. True Love Cast Out All Evil -
9. Forever
10. Think Of as One
11. Birds'd Crash
12. God Is Everywhere

Legendary musician Roky Erickson (He was a founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators) triumphantly returns with True Love Cast Out All Evil, his first new album in fourteen years. Produced by Will Sheff from Okkervil River, and featuring his band backing Erickson, the record is comprised largely of unreleased songs that Austin native Erickson wrote throughout his decades-long career detailing with heart-breaking candor a harrowing life that has included shock treatment, imprisonment, mental illness, and irreversible loss.

http://www.rokyerickson.net/

this has leaked and i'm a bit interested. anyone heard this yet and if so is it worth some time?

http://pitchfork.com/news/37977-new-roky-erickson-okkervil-river-goodbye-sweet-dreams/

song on this pitchfork story

i like the song...am a little concerned about okkerkil river though...this sounds, like i suspected, a little polite IMO

this sounds, like i suspected, a little polite IMO

second I saw "Okkervil River," had a feeling i wouldn't want to listen to this

and i like some of the parts of Black Sheep Boy, but eh

Okkervil River are great, one of the best bands going at the moment. i'm just not sure how they would work as a backing band for Roxy Erickson.

otm. they already have a exceptional frontman, why would they want to take on another one. this is a flawed project but it's flawed cos of Erickson, not cos of Okkervil River.

eat my balls

Made it about 30 seconds into the song. Fuck that bullshit. Somebody should get Roky into the studio with Baroness or Nebula. You know, rock bands.

am listening . . . and snoozin'

second I saw "Okkervil River," had a feeling i wouldn't want to listen to this

^^^

this exactly. put the dude in front of witchcraft or something.

i see Pitchfork gave this a 7.4 today, going to have to listen to this after all.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14120-true-love-cast-out-all-evil/

wtf

The stan in me made me buy this and like

eat my balls

― And guess what? I think Pitchfork is going to give it a BM. (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, March 25, 2010 6:31 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark

I like the record a lot. If you were expecting 13th Floor Elevators, get a freekin clue. Then again, Brian Jonestown Massacre would've made an interesting choice for back-up band. I think Roky's actually jammed with Black Angels. Or maybe it was Black Lips...

Black Angels.

No one was expecting the 13th Floor Elevators. I think the JEEZ PUT HIM WITH A ~ROCK~ BAND talk is maybe ignoring really great records like this http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NXE9RCKTL._SL75_SS50_.jpg and this http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4103HBJ7F8L._SL75_SS50_.jpg; I just don't like Okkervil River. They're really overpresent here and god they even made John Lawman a total drip of a song.

But there are pleasant enough parts. I'll sit on it a while try to like it just because I don't like the idea of a a Rok record I dislike, so here's holdin out for the future.

(Maybe I will start a petition to pair him with RANGDA!)

Okay, while I agree wholeheartedly with people wanting to get him in front of a stomping ROCK band, I'm finding myself really liking this. Of course I'm already a big Okkervil stan.

If you want a good reason to shell out for the physical version, Will Sheff wrote some entertaining and extensive liner notes about Roky's love.

they picked the wrong Jagjaguwar band. should've gone with Oneida.

dude.....that's such a fucking awesome idea.

It is!!!

second I saw "Okkervil River," had a feeling i wouldn't want to listen to this

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

still, intrigued by the idea behind the disc. may investigate.

pull Papa Crazee back in for some Aliens-esque dual guitar awesomeness.

Not getting why Okkervil River are not perceived to "rock" hard enough for Erickson. A song like "Black" rocks as hard as anything.

Anyone who dismissed this outright should give it at least a listen. Really striking songs, bound together beautifully.

Sorry for making assumptions re. the Elevators. It was intended more to warn against expecting him to sound like he used to. My bad.

Also, I think the new disc is a bit more 'psych' than one might grab from 1st listenings. Feedback squeals & lo-fi bits of the original source tapes are woven in fairly liberally, and if one is to make the gospel comparison I'd wager that we have the only gospel tune ever to mention Jesus, Moses & hallucinogenic mushrooms! ;-) Gospelesque tunes aren't really new to the Roky canon. 'Social & POlitical Injusticees' had that sort of ring to it, among others.

Is everyone still sleeping on this? This is such a strong little record, I really don't think anyone should dismiss this solely due to the Okkervil River attachment - I think they do an excellent job.

yeah, I just relistened after watching You're Gonna Miss Me on Netflix, and the record as a whole is v.listenable -- obvious highlights like "Goodbye Sweet Dreams", "Please Judge", & the title track are nicely balanced by lighter fare ("Forever", "Bring Back the Past")

I realize that 'listenable' sometimes seems like damning with faint praise, but I don't think anyone would dispute the inconsistency of Roky's solo career... people bagging on Okkervil River for not 'rocking' enough need to realize that their brand of R is distinctly AO

What they added is appropriate, though not ideal. His original tracks are contemplative, not balls to the wall. Hope the Netflix version of the doc has all the illuminating (and sometimes balls to the wall) DVD content.