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In the Rainbow Rain is the ninth studio album by American indie band Okkervil River. The album was released on ATO Records on April 27, 2018.[13]

In the Rainbow Rain
Studio album by Okkervil River
Released	April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27)
Length	48:49
Label	ATO Records
Producer	Will Sheff
Okkervil River chronology
Away (2016) In the Rainbow Rain (2018) A Dream in the Dark: Two Decades of Okkervil River Live (2020)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.5/10[1]
Metacritic	68/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[4]
Exclaim!	6/10[5]
God Is in the TV	7/10[6]
The Line of Best Fit	6.5/10[7]
MusicOMH	[8]
Paste	7.8/10[9]
Pitchfork	6.9/10[10]
PopMatters	7/10[11]
Slant Magazine	[12]

Release

On February 12, 2018, Okkervil River announced the release of their new album for April 27, 2018, alongside the first single "Don't Move Back to L.A.".[14] On March 20, 2018, the second single "Pulled Up The Ribbon" was released, along with a music video.[15] The music video features Sarah Pedinotti. On April 11, 2018, the band released the music video for "Don't Move Back to L.A.".[16] The third single "Famous Tracheotomies" was released on April 16, 2018.[17][18]

Critical reception

In the Rainbow Rain was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 68, based on 18 reviews.[2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 66 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 16 reviews.[19]

Track listing

Personnel

• Brittany Anjou - Vibraphone (7), Glockenspiel (3)
• Simone Appleby - Backing Vocals (1-3,7,10)
• Leslie Gardner - Backing Vocals (1-3,7,10)
• Will Graefe - Vocals (3,6-9), Acoustic Guitar (8), Electric Guitar (1-10)
• Jeremy Gustin - Percussion (1,7), Congas (1,4,7), Finger Cymbals (9)
• Cole Kamen-Green - Vocals (8), Trumpet (2,8,9), Mellophone (2,9)
• Chris Kyle - Electric Guitar (1,10)
• Benjamin Lazar Davis - Vocals (3,6-9), Bass (1,2,5-10), Piano (9), ARP Synthesizer (3), Moog Synthesizer (3,4), Drum Programming (3)
• Frank LoCrasto - Grand Piano (3), Tack Piano (3), Fender Rhodes (4,7,10), Wurlitzer (1,3), ARP Synthesizer (7)
• Jonathan Meiburg - Vocals (1-3,6,8)
• Rob Moose - Violin (1,10), Viola (1,10)
• David Nagler - Roland 2000 Synthesizer (1)
• Clinton Newman - Electric Guitar (1)
• Phil Palazzolo - Piano (4)
• Sarah K. Pedinotti - Vocals (3-10), Piano (4,8), Hammond Organ (7), Wurlitzer (5), Mellotron (5), ARP Synthesizer (8,10), Moog Synthesizer (2,8), Oberheim Synthesizer (2,3,7), Roland Synthesizer (4,9), Waldorf Synthesizer (1,10), RMI Keyboard Computer (1,3,7,10)
• Jared Samuel - Piano (2), Hammond Organ (5,6)
• Will Sheff - Vocals (1-10), Acoustic Guitar (2-6,9,10), Electric Guitar (5,10), Piano (1,10), Upright Piano (3), Wurlitzer (6), Mellotron (4,5,9,10), Roland Synthesizer (3,5,7,8,10), Drum Programming (1,4,7,8)
• Alex Spiegelman - Vocals (8), Saxophone (2,4,8), Clarinet (9), Flute (2,4,9)
• Cully Symington - Drums (1-10), Percussion (2,3,5,6,8), Shaker (1)
• Saundra Williams - Backing Vocals (1-3,7)

Charts

Chart performance for In the Rainbow Rain

Chart (2018)	Peak position
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[20]	93
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[21]	15
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[22]	16

References

External links

• Official website

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