[2015-01-20] The Decemberists "What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World" (Capitol)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:50 pm

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The Decemberists will release their 7th studio album, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, on January 20, 2015. This will be The Decemberists' first full length studio album since 2011's The King Is Dead, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

With their two most recent albums, The Hazards of Love and The King is Dead, the songs flowed out of an overall theme. Entering the studio in May 2013, The Decemberists reversed that approach.

"Typically we book four or five weeks in the studio and bang out the whole record," explains singer Colin Meloy. "This time, we started by just booking three days, and didn't know what we would record. There was no direction or focus; we wanted to just see what would come out. We recorded 'Lake Song' on the first day, live, and then two more songs in those three days. And the spirit of that session informed everything that came after."

From the soaring, bittersweet first single "Make You Better", to the ruminating ballad "Lake Song", and anthemic closer "A Beginning Song", What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World establishes itself as the Decemberists' most varied and dynamic work to date, both musically and emotionally.

Tracklist
1. The Singer Addresses His Audience
2. Cavalry Captain
3. Philomena
4. Make You Better
5. Lake Song
6. Till The Water Is All Long Gone
7. The Wrong Year
8. Carolina Low
9. Better Not Wake The Baby
10. Anti-Summersong
11. Easy Come, Easy Go
12. Mistral
13. 12/17/12
14. A Beginning Song

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Linda · **Posted:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:01 pm

Lawrence Talbot · 31 Jan 2007

Looking forward to their new album- it was my first pre-order of the year.

I hope they tour round my area again as I missed them last time around.

Rawburn · 24 Sep 2004

I'm seeing them at Massey Hall in Toronto end of March. Really looking forward to that show!

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2015 2:26 am

Although it's already been followed up by the Florasongs EP, Capitol is still promoting this album -- here's a new video:

[2015-01-20] The Decemberists "What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World" (Capitol)

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