Stars Too Small to Use

1999 EP by Okkervil River
Stars Too Small to Use
EP by
Okkervil River
ReleasedSummer 1999
Recorded1998
GenreIndie rock
Length31:23
LabelJound
ProducerOkkervil River
Okkervil River chronology
Bedroom EP
(1998)
Stars Too Small to Use
(1999)
Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Austin Chronicle[1]

Stars Too Small to Use is Okkervil River's second EP, released in mid-1999. It was recorded live over a span of three days in 1998 when the band was still forming. Three of the tracks appeared revised on later recordings: "He Passes Number Thirty-Three" on the 2003 split EP Julie Doiron / Okkervil River, "The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion" on the 2003 album Down the River of Golden Dreams, and "For the Captain" on the 2005 EP Black Sheep Boy Appendix (as "Another Radio Song").

Track listing

  1. "Kathy Keller" - 3:30
  2. "The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion" - 4:27
  3. "Oh, Precious" - 5:03
  4. "For the Captain" - 5:34
  5. "Auntie Alice" - 2:57
  6. "Whole Wide World" - 4:07
  7. "He Passes Number Thirty-Three" - 5:45

References

  1. ^ Austin Chronicle review
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