The Stand Ins
| The Stand Ins | ||||
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Cover Art by William Schaff | ||||
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| Released | September 9, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 40:12 | |||
| Label | Jagjaguwar | |||
| Producer | Brian Beattie | |||
| Okkervil River chronology | ||||
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The Stand Ins is the fifth full-length studio album by American indie rock band Okkervil River, released on September 9, 2008. The album is the second half of The Stage Names, a planned double album. The title comes from the term 'stand-in', a person who substitutes for the actor before filming for technical purposes. If the cover art for The Stage Names is placed above that of The Stand-Ins, a complete picture is formed. The album charted at #42 with 11,000 copies sold, according to the Billboard 200.
Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg and guitarist Charles Bissell of The Wrens contributed to the album.