Stars Too Small to Use explained

Stars Too Small to Use
Type:EP
Artist:Okkervil River
Cover:Stars Too Small to Use.jpg
Released:Summer 1999
Recorded:1998
Genre:Indie rock
Length:31:23
Label:Jound
Producer:Okkervil River
Prev Title:Bedroom EP
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See
Next Year:2002

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