The Decemberists debut a brand new unreleased song called "Burial Song" live in concert at The Mountain Winery in Saratoga, California on August 8, 2022. "Burial Ground" was eventually released on February 6, 2024—their first new song in 6 years—and featured James Mercer from The Shins. The Decemberists are an indie rock band from Portland, Oregon consisting of Colin Meloy (lead vocals & guitar), Jenny Conlee (keyboards & accordion), Chris Funk (guitar), Nate Query (bass), and John Moen (drums). Joining them on tour is Lizzie Ellison (backing vocals).
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Burial Ground lyrics:
Oh Len, come down
And meet at the burial ground
They’ve undid the aerial
Tore down the merry-go-round
This world’s all wrong
So let’s go where we belong
Pack up the stereo, meet at the burial ground
Here among the fallen leaves
Are we alone the ones that dare to breathe?
Throw your worries down, they’re oh so gravely held
You have carried them so well
Len, come down
And meet at the burial ground
They’ve undid the aerial
Tore down the merry-go-round
This world’s all wrong
So let’s go where we belong
Pack up the stereo, meet at the burial ground
You laid down below a stone
Saying, “Wherever he has gone, I long to go.
Somewhere out beyond these maladies in my head.”
At least I think that’s what you said.
Len, come down
And meet at the burial ground
They’ve undid the aerial
Tore down the merry-go-round
This world’s all wrong
So let’s go where we belong
Pack up the stereo, meet at the burial ground
Len, come down
And meet at the burial ground
They’ve undid the aerial
Tore down the merry-go-round
This world’s all wrong
So let’s go where we belong
Pack up the stereo, meet at the burial ground
Contract malaria, meet at the burial ground!
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The Decemberists - Arise From The Bunkers live tour dates (2022):
Aug. 3 – Bonner, MT @ Kettlehouse Amphitheater
Aug. 4 – Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Park
Aug. 6 – Troutdale, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield
Aug. 8 – Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery
Aug. 9 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
Aug. 11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Gallivan Center
Aug. 12 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
Aug. 13 – Kansas City, MO @ Grinders KC
Aug. 15 – Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing
Aug. 16 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
Aug. 17 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
Aug. 19 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
Aug. 20 – Lafayette, NY @ Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards
Aug. 21 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
Aug. 23 – New York, NY @ SummerStage
Aug. 24 – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap
Aug. 25 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
Aug. 27 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
Aug. 28 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
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The Decemberists official bio:
For 20 years The Decemberists have been one of the most original, daring, and thrilling American rock bands. Founded in the year 2000 when singer, songwriter, and guitarist Colin Meloy moved from Montana to Portland, Oregon and met bassist Nate Query, keyboardist Jenny Conlee, and guitarist Chris Funk, The Decemberists’ distinctive brand of hyperliterate folk-rock set them apart from the start with the release of their debut EP 5 Songs in 2001. After making their full-length debut with Castaways and Cutouts in 2002, the band signed with Kill Rock Stars for the release of the acclaimed albums Her Majesty the Decemberists (2003) and Picaresque (2005), which was produced by Chris Walla. The 2004 EP The Tain–an 18-minute single-track epic–made the band’s grand creative ambitions clear.
Around this time the band’s permanent line-up fell into place with the arrival of drummer John Moen, and they made the unexpected leap to Capitol Records for their first major label album in 2006. Fans’ concerns of whether the band would alter their trademark sound quickly vanished when they delivered their most ambitious and audacious record to date in The Crane Wife, a song cycle produced by Walla and Tucker Martine (who would become a longtime creative partner) that added elements of ‘70s prog, hard rock and even quasi-disco to their palette.
Three years later, The Hazards of Love – a full-length concept album based on Meloy’s idea for a stage musical - was a Top 20 hit. In 2011, they topped themselves yet again with their first #1 album, The King Is Dead, which featured the GRAMMY-nominated song “Down By The Water.” After their 2015 album What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, which included the #1 AAA radio hit “Make You Better,” The Decemberists changed up their sound and explored new approaches to making music on their eighth studio album I’ll Be Your Girl (2018) with producer John Congleton.
Over the past 20 years The Decemberists have toured the world, performed at countless major festivals, and even founded Travelers’ Rest a festival of their own curation in Missoula, Montana. The band has appeared on The Simpsons, collaborated with Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda, and released their own crowd-funded board game Illimat.
