The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again

This is a pre-order item and is expected 14th June 2024.

For over 20 years, The Decemberists have been one of the most original, daring, and thrilling American rock bands. Their distinctive brand of hyperliterate folk-rock set them apart from the start, releasing nine full-length albums that are unbound by genre and highly ambitious. Now the beloved indie band is back with their first new album in six years, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again - not only the longest Decemberists album to date (and their first intentional, proper double-LP) but also their most empathetic and accessible, its 13 songs like semaphores of mutual recognition for our fraught times and faint hope.

This, songwriter Colin Meloy will tell you proudly, is the best Decemberists albums and perhaps the ultimate realization of 22 years of work. In many ways, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again feels like an aptly titled renewal for The Decemberists. The first full-length release on YABB Records, the band’s own label, after a run of nearly two decades with Capitol. As they were once, here are the Decemberists again, now an independent band empowered by singing stories that sound instantly familiar and convey some bit of hard-won wisdom.

TRACKLISTING

Burial Ground
Oh No!
The Reapers
Long White Veil
William Fitzwilliam
Don’t Go to the Woods
The Black Maria
All I Want Is You
Born to the Morning
America Made Me
Tell Me What’s on Your Mind
Never Satisfied
Joan in the Garden

PRODUCT DETAILS

Artist:  The Decemberists
Label:  Thirty Tigers
Condition:  New 
Genre:  Indie & Alternative
Format:  Vinyl LP
Cat Number: YABB004EXC
Released:  14th June 2024