Okkervil River with Special Guests Sea Wolf & Zykos

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Okkervil River with Special Guests Sea Wolf & Zykos on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at Showbox at the Market. Tickets are on sale NOW!

Sea Wolf: Much like Iron & Wine or many similar indie outfits, Sea Wolf is the project name of a sole singer/songwriter who drafts in other musicians as the occasion warrants. That singer/songwriter is Alex Church, a California native who looks to local authors like John Steinbeck and Jack London (whose 1904 novel The Sea Wolf provided the band name) for inspiration. Born in the small former gold rush town of Columbia and raised by a musically inclined, peripatetic mother (in his bio, Church claims to have spent a year living in a tent in the French countryside as a child), Church attended the prestigious NYU film school, then settled in Los Angeles and formed the indie rock band Irving in 1998. As one of three songwriters in Irving, Church soon found himself with a clutch of songs that didn't fit the band's dreamy '60s-inspired psych-pop sound. Church and various friends played a handful of Los Angeles gigs as Sea Wolf between 2003 and 2005, when Church made a batch of home recordings that he completed in Seattle with Irving's producer Phil Ek. Signing with the indie label Dangerbird Records, Sea Wolf released their debut EP, Get to the River Before It Runs Too Low, in the spring of 2007, with a full-length album following. To tour behind the record, Church assembled a stable lineup with himself on vocals and guitar, Aaron Robinson on guitar, Lisa Fendelander on keyboards, Theodore Liscinski on bass, Aniela Perry on cello and Byron Reynolds on drums. - Stewart Mason (All Music Guide).

Zykos: Hailing from the music hotbed of Austin, TX, Zykos are vocalist/guitarist Mike Booher, vocalist/keyboardist Catherine Davis, guitarist Alex Lyon (who has engineered for Calla, among others), bassist Mike Roeder, and drummer Cully Symington (also of the band 1986). Since first realizing their Americana-tinged indie rock in 2003, Zykos have been on the bill with such names as Cursive, TV on the Radio, the Hold Steady, Interpol, Crooked Fingers, and Spoon. Two records have been released through North Carolina label Post-Parlo: Comedy Horn and Zykos. - Kenyon Hopkin (All Music Guide).

Tickets: $16.00 (Advance) or $18.00 (Day of Show) not including applicable fees. Tickets available NOW at www.theparamount.com, www.ticketmaster.com, at Ticketmaster retail locations, at The Paramount or Moore Theatres Box Office , or by calling 206-628-0888. Also available at The Showbox Box Office or www.showboxonline.com


About STG: STG is the non-profit arts organization that operates The Historic Paramount and Moore Theatres in downtown Seattle. STG's mission is to make diverse dance, music, film, theatre and arts education an integral part of our rich cultural identity while keeping Seattle's historic Paramount and Moore Theatres alive and vibrant.