The Decemberists

Adored Mailing List Recipients, Pause a while, here, gentle traveler of the internet. We here at Decemberists HQ have an item of fairly serious consequence to impart. Colin Meloy, singer and songwriter for the band, is embarking on A SOLO TOUR. It’ll be his first in FIVE YEARS, folks. The tour will bring him to […]

Our very own John Moen’s second solo album under the moniker Perhapst is available today! You can pick up a copy on iTunes or on CD/vinyl at Jealous Butcher. For a preview, you can currently stream several tracks from the album: “Revise Your Maps” “Williamette Valley Ballad” “Ramble Scramble” “Birds off a Wire”

Adored Mailing List Recipients, Decemberists HQ here with your first Not Specifically Decemberists-Related Update of 2013! Although The Decemberists continue to be in collective stasis, that doesn’t mean we don’t have news that’s worthy of your generous inbox hospitality. First, Colin will perform at three great folk-leaning festivals this summer which will mark his first […]

Adored Mailing List Recipients, While the live-action Decemberists are still hibernating, their animated counterparts are poised to debut on The Simpsons tomorrow night (Sunday) at 8pm ET on FOX (and live on into eternity through the power of syndication). Their appearance isn’t a mere cameo – the band also wrote and recorded original music for […]

Adored Mailing List Recipients, Even though the Decemberists themselves are in deep-sleep hibernation mode, like those people in the Alien movies, but with a likelier rate of future survival, the Decemberists HQ machine is as healthy, vibrant and not-Alien-impregnated as ever. POINT OF FACT 1: The Decemberists will be appearing as special guests, in yellowface, […]

A Tear in the Eye Is a Wound in the Heart (out 9/18), the new album by Black Prairie (featuring our very own Nate, Jenny, and Funk), is available for pre-order NOW. Check out the exclusive pre-order packages and get a free download of “How Do You Ruin Me” here. To celebrate the new record, […]