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After releasing a new song last month, the Decemberists have returned today with news of their first album in six years. As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again comes out June 14 via Yabb Records. The ...

The post The Decemberists Showcase New Music, Good Humors at Brooklyn Paramount Concert: Review + Photos appeared first on Consequence. The Decemberists sure are The Decemberists. Even six years since ...

It was the Chinese trapeze artist who really sold Chris Funk on the whole idea. The Chinese trapeze artist who didn't really exist. At the onset of the decade, Funk was approached by literary ...

Few lyricists of the last 20 years can claim the catalog Colin Meloy has amassed with his band, the Decemberists. Their records are like novels, dense with story arcs of French soldier POVs, Romeo & ...

The Decemberists have released a new single, “Oh No!” The track, which appears on their forthcoming new album is chock full of The Decemberists most defining characteristics - vibrant storytelling, ...

They've written sea shanties and folk operas, heavy metal epics and jaunty odes to chimney sweeps, doomed mariners and forest dwellers. Every song is a novella for The Decemberists. It's taken six ...

Colin Meloy writes novels in the forms of songs. His band The Decemberists returns with their ninth studio album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again. They've written sea shanties and folk operas, ...