In 2017 Okkervil River tried something totally different - they hit the road as a stripped-down three-piece and played sets that consisted entirely of requests - often reworked, expanded upon, or re-imagined - shouting out the fans who had requested each song before they performed it. Every night was a surprise (often to the band themselves) and a high-wire act, and there was a lot of improvising, storytelling, and seat-of-the-pants-flying. These very special shows were all recorded, and this release collects the absolute best of those performances, including a song Will wrote 15 minutes before showtime because of a mysterious fan request for a title that appeared not to exist. In the liner notes, Will joins bassist Benjamin Lazar Davis and guitarist Will Graefe to tell the story of them joining the band and the post-Away era in an oral-history format. The most musically adventurous and unconventional chapter of A Dream in the Dark yet.

Tracklist:

1. Your Past Life as a Blast
2. The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion
3. Days Spent Floating (in the Halfbetween)
4. Okkervil River Song
5. Judey on a Street
6. Black
7. Mary on a Wave
8. Okkervil River RIP
9. On Tour with Zykos
10. The Surgeon Above the Arbor
11. Westfall