Adored Mailing List Recipients,
The Popes of Pendarvia World Tour is winding to a close. A few items of note for those of you on the West Coast. The first of the two Portland shows at Edgefield (August 25) is now SOLD OUT. Tickets are still available for all other shows, including tomorrow night’s show at Los Angeles’ historic Greek Theatre. These and the other remaining West Coast dates will be the last U.S. dates for quite some time.
Also, a quick reminder that The Decemberists’ brand-new iTunes Session is available NOW. The 8-song set features tracks spanning across much of the band’s career, plus two previously unrecorded covers: Leonard Cohen’s “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye” and Fruit Bats’ “When U Love Somebody.” You can buy the full EP here.
Yours,
The Decemberists
decemberists.com
twitter.com/thedecemberists
Hey Indianapolis: we’re so, so sorry. We don’t like to cancel shows, but my voice is trashed. We’ll make it up to you, promise. – Colin
Refunds are available at point of purchase. Visit here for more details.
Adored Mailing List Recipient,
Colin here. As we Decemberists launch into the final leg of the Popes of Pendarvia World Tour and patiently mark time before the demise of Summer, I wanted to take a moment and personally alert you, Mailing List Recipient, to the thing that will be consuming my days and evenings in the forthcoming months: namely, a book that Carson Ellis, Illustratrix and Decemberists Art-Slave, and I have been cooking up for nigh on 12 years.
That book is called WILDWOOD. It hits fine bookstores, e- and otherwise, on August 30th. You can pre-order it here. Or here, if you prefer to keep things indie. We’re also giving away a download of the first four chapters (see below for details).
I may have mentioned it to you before. If I’m repeating myself, I apologize. Go on with your day. However, if this is news to you, and you are desperate to find out more, let me invite you to join the exclusive cabal that is the WILDWOOD MAILING LIST so that you might be have your inbox graffiti’d with more Meloy/Ellis-related nonsense. You can sign-up over at the official Wildwood Chronicles site. By joining the list, you will receive a free download of the first four chapters.
And what a bunch of awesome nonsense there is — via this virtual grapevine, we’ll be announcing Author/Illustrator Events, Available Merchandise, Behind-the-Scenes Exclusives and other interesting tid-bits that will likely give this simple mailing list the feel of one of those cool secret societies like Skull and Bones or the Mouseketeers. If that is the kind of man or woman you are, please visit our website to sign up: www.wildwoodchronicles.com.
If you’d like the double-whammy, you can also “like” WILDWOOD on our Facebook page to receive the download of the first four chapters. Lots of other nifty things to be discovered there as well.
Carson and I will be galavanting around the country this fall to do talks and readings, so we expect to see all your brilliant, shining faces basked in that autumnal light (as refracted through the UV-coated glass of one of your fine, local bookstores).
Yours,
Colin Meloy
twitter.com/colinmeloy
www.wildwoodchronicles.com
Adored Mailing List Recipients,
On the eve of the first show of the final leg of the Popes of Pendarvia World Tour, we would like to announce the pre-order for The Decemberists’ brand-new iTunes Session. The 8-song set features tracks spanning across much of the band’s career, plus two previously unrecorded covers: Leonard Cohen’s “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye” and one we’ve been performing recently, Fruit Bats’ “When U Love Somebody.” The pre-order is now underway at iTunes. Each pre-order comes with an immediate download of “June Hymn,” which is also streaming on our Ping page here. The complete EP will be available on August 2.
Here’s the track listing:
1. Calamity Song
2. Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
3. Shankill Butchers
4. June Hymn
5. This Is Why We Fight
6. Shiny
7. The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)
8. When U Love Somebody
Also, a friendly reminder that today is the last day to take advantage of our Decemberists Shop Sale, as it comes to a close tonight (Tuesday night) at midnight PT. Not only can you get $50 off The King Is Dead Deluxe Box, there are still plenty of Carson Ellis-illustrated tees and limited-edition silkscreen show posters in our 50% OFF clearance sale. In addition, we have store-wide discounts, including 20% off all tees, posters, and hoodies. Visit the Shop to stock up while you can!
Yours,
The Decemberists
decemberists.com
twitter.com/thedecemberists
Adored Mailing List Recipients,
We’re running a massive sale in The Decemberists’ Shop, your destination for top quality Decemberists goods. We’ve added many new items to the Shop this year and wanted to take this midsummer opportunity to discount nearly everything.
The sale is NOW underway and will run through July 19th (the day we commence the next round of touring). In addition to store-wide discounts like 20% off ALL tees, posters, and hoodies, we’re offering exclusive deep discounts, such as $50 off The King is Dead Deluxe Box Edition and 50% off a whole slew of limited edition silkscreen posters and the “Popes of Pendarvia” Tour Tees.
Here’s a full breakdown of the sale:
Deep Discounts!
$50 off The King is Dead Deluxe Box Edition
50% off:
Select T-shirts (including “Popes of Pendarvia” Tour Tees)
Select Tour Posters
Single Series Vol. 2: “Days of Elaine” 12″
Single Series Vol. 3: “A Record Year For Rainfall” 12″
Store-Wide Discounts
Tees* – 20%
Posters – 20%
Hoodies – 20%
Children’s Clothing – 10%
Mugs – 20%
*excluding Team Jenny Tees
Yours,
The Decemberists
decemberists.com
twitter.com/thedecemberists
We’ve announced a second show at McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheatre in Troutdale, OR on August 26th. A limited pre-sale is currently underway here.
We will be joined by Okkervil River for both Edgefield shows, with Point Juncture, WA rounding out the line-up on the first night and AgesandAges on the second. Visit our tour page for all the details.
Support has been announced for our Redmond, WA and Vancouver shows! We’ll be joined by Okkervil River and Fruit Bats. More info on the tour page here.
Colin, Chris, and Sara recently visited NPR’s Tiny Desk to play three sparkling songs from The King Is Dead. Watch the performance here.
Tickets for the recently-announced August shows in Seattle (August 22 – Marymoor Pavilion) and Vancouver (August 23 – Malkin Bowl) are on sale now.
Pre-sale tickets for the Portland show (August 25- McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheatre) are still available on the Edgefield site (using password “DECEMBERISTS”) here. Check out the tour page for full details.
In August, we return to the Pacific Northwest for three shows in Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland to close out the Summer tour. Support for these shows will be announced shortly. A limited pre-sale is underway now here
