The new Decemberists album What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World starts with an intensely winky meta-song called “The Singer Addresses His Audience.” The band just started touring behind the album, and they played the first show of that tour two nights ago in Dublin. Colin Meloy opened the show by playing a solo-acous...

The Decemberists have shared “The Wrong Year,” another new song from their forthcoming new album What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World. It’s the third single from the record following “Make You Better” and “Lake Song.” The track is accompanied by a lyric video put toge...

The Decemberists have shared a lyric video for “Lake Song,” the second track released from their forthcoming album What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World after lead single “Make You Better.” The lyrics are overlaid over black-and-white footage of the band performing in the studio shot by director Ja...

The Decemberists have shared the first song from their new album, What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, which was announced a few weeks ago when lead singer Colin Meloy busked on a corner in Williamsburg. It’s called “Make You Better” and you can listen to it below. More details about the album and [...]

This past weekend, at the Boston Calling festival, the Decemberists played their first show in nearly three years (not counting that Parks & Rec performance). After all that time away, it would be a fair bet that they’ve got new music in the works, and indeed, it looks like they might. During their set, the [...]