The Stand Ins is the fifth full-length studio album by American indie rock band Okkervil River, released on September 9, 2008.

[4] Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg and guitarist Charles Bissell of The Wrens contributed to the album.

[3] Conceived as a companion piece to The Stage Names, The Stand Ins continued the band's preoccupation with pop culture, celebrity suicide, and life as a musician.

[5] "Starry Stairs" depicts the life and suicide of porn star Shannon Wilsey.

"[5] Pitchfork Media also praised the album's lyrics, with reviewer Stephen Deusner calling Sheff "...one of the best lyric-writers going in indie rock."