Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See explained

Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See
Type:	studio
Artist:	Okkervil River
Cover:	Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See.jpg
Caption:	Cover Art by William Schaff
Recorded:	2001
Genre:	Indie rock, folk rock
Length:	46:13
Label:	Jagjaguwar
Producer:	Okkervil River
Prev Title:	Stars Too Small to Use
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Down the River of Golden Dreams
Next Year:	2003

Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See is the first full-length studio album from alternative folk-rock group, Okkervil River. Released on January 22, 2002 on the label Jagjaguwar, it contains the single, "Kansas City". Artist William Schaff, not to be confused with lead singer Will Sheff, designed the cover art. The album features an array of instruments including violin, pedal steel, mellotron, banjo, string and horn sections.

The mandolin murder ballad "Westfall" stems from Sheff's recollections of the Yogurt Shop Murders, four grotesque murders of teenage girls in Austin, Texas by college students, and the subsequent trials. The song was written around the lines "They're looking for evil / Thinking they can trace it / But evil don't look like anything."^[1]

Personnel

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• Jonathan Meiburg – Bass, accordion, tambourine, wurlitzer
• Will Sheff – Vocals, guitar, mellotron, harmonica, organ ("Dead Dog Song")
• Zachary Thomas – Mandolin, bass (electric), vocals, string bass
• Seth Warren – Drums, vocals, spoons, taragat

Guest musicians

• Alex Arcone – Saxophone ("Red")
• Ethan Azarian – Banjo
• Brian Beattie – Organ, organ (Hammond)
• Scott Blesner – Violin
• Michael Crow – Trumpet ("Lady Liberty")
• Peter Elliot – Trumpet ("Lady Liberty")
• Daniel Johnston – Vocals ("Happy Hearts")
• Channing Lewis – Saxophone ("Lady Liberty")
• Gary Newcomb – Pedal steel
• Ashley Rath – Violin ("Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas")
• June Rhee – Violin ("Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas")
• Alice Spencer – Vocals
• Brian Standefer – Cello ("Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas")

Technical personnel

• Brian Beattie – Producer, engineer, mixing
• Mark Pedini – Layout design
• William Schaff – Artwork, layout design
• Will Sheff – Layout design
• Billy Stull – Mastering

External links

• Album summary from Okkervil River
• Omaha Weekly interview (February 27, 2002)

Notes and References

1. Web site: McMahan . Tim . Lazy-I Interview: Okkervil River . February 27, 2002 . 2006-03-23 .
2. Web site: Okkervil River - Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You See . 17 March 2009 . . Zink Media, Inc. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090504045430/http://www.discogs.com/Okkervil-River-Dont-Fall-In-Love-With-Everyone-You-See/release/1357119 . May 4, 2009 .
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r567028/credits|pure_url=yes}} Don't Fall in Love With Everyone You See – credits ]. 17 March 2009 . Gregory McIntosh . . Macrovision.