1. But this is still unmistakably a Wilco album.

2. And as Yamaha Factory Racing team manager Wilco Zeelenberg told reporters in Sepang, "power is useless without control".

3. He holds regular jam sessions attended by the above and more besides, from Wilco to The Black Crowes.

4. That said, Okkervil are a trickier, more maverick bunch than Wilco, which probably accounts for the former's lower profile.

5. "They are in a completely different moment in their career," Yamaha team manager Wilco Zeelenberg told BBC Sport.