The Decemberists released their synth-infused eighth studio album, I’ll Be Your Girl, back in March. Not content to wait around to release new music, the Portland band is quickly following that up with a new EP called Traveling On due out in a matter of weeks. Today, the five-piece has shared the EP’s title track which sees them returning to their folk-rock roots, complete with accordion and baroque lyrics.
The Traveling On EP will span five songs in 21 minutes and is out Dec. 14 via Capitol Records. Below, listen to “Traveling On” and read KEXP’s interview with frontman Colin Meloy from March, in which he expands upon how the band has grown and changed over the years.
Colin Meloy of The Decemberists talks to KEXP about expanding their sound on the new album, I'll Be Your Girl, favorite synth bands, and how "we're all watching the ballistic missile coming in and the only thing we can do is keep playing through."
"I'm going to get all VH1 on you for a minute if you're okay with that, crowd of 85% shirtless men." Colin Meloy may be a bookworm at heart, but he's spent the last fifteen years learning how to be a rock frontman, and during The Decemberists' Saturday evening mainstage set, those skills were put t…
The guy from The Long Winters, and the guy from The Decemberists... when you put it like that, it's not exactly the most attractive double-bill during an already-cold, dark season in the Pacific Northwest. Were Coldplay, Snow Patrol, or Iceage not available? They should have billed it "The Seasonal…
