Name: As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
Brand: The Decemberists

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Rough Trade UK

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9999

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 Opaque Fruit No Punch

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Limited edition

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Extended format: Yes

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Signed copies: No

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Download code: No

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Release date

2024-07-26

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Catalogue number

YABB004EXC

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691835878539

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The Orchard/SPV (Membran)

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Extended format: No

2024-06-14

YABB004

691835878638

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 YABB004CD

691835878737

Artist

The Decemberists

Label EU

Yabb Records

Genre EU

Alternative / Modern

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The Decemberists are an indie folk rock band from Portland, Oregon. Formed in 2000, the band consists of Colin Meloy as the lead singer and songwriter, Chris Funk on guitar and multi-instrumentalist duties,

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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.

Reuniting with producer Tucker Martine (R.E.M., Neko Case, Sufjan Stevens) who began working with the band on&nbsp;The Crane Wife,&nbsp;the album features R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, The Shins’ James Mercer and Lizzie Ellison on background vocals.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,&nbsp;As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again&nbsp;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.

As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again

Music EU

Discover As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again by The Decemberists on vinyl. A double-LP album on Yabb Records featuring 13 empathetic songs for our times.