The Decemberists Share "Once in My Life" from 'I'll Be Your Girl' LP

BY Sarah MurphyPublished Mar 9, 2018

The Decemberists will be back with a new album called I'll Be Your Girl next week, and they've just teased out another preview track.
 
"Once in My Life" confirms that the band are ditching their folksy signature sound for more glam rock and synth-pop vibes, taking inspiration from artists like Roxy Music, Depeche Mode and New Order. It starts off Decemberists-y enough, but once the synths kick in, we get to hear another side of Colin Meloy and co.
 
I'll Be Your Girl was produced by John Congleton. It's due out on March 16 via Capitol.
 
Scroll past the full LP tracklisting and the band's upcoming tour dates to listen to "Once in My Life" below.
 
I'll Be Your Girl:
 
1. Once In My Life
2. Cutting Stone
3. Severed
4. Starwatcher
5. Tripping Along
6. Your Ghost
7. Everything Is Awful
8. Sucker's Prayer
9. We All Die Young
10. Rusalka, Rusalka / The Wild Rushes
11. I'll Be Your Girl
 
Tour dates:
 
03/22 Pomona, CA – Fox Theater
03/23 Santa Barbara, CA – Arlington Theatre
03/24 Tempe, AZ – Innings Festival
04/06 St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
04/08 Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater
04/10 Chicago, IL –  Chicago Theatre
04/13 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
04/14 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
04/15 Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre
04/16 Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center
04/18 Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
04/19 Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
04/20 Richmond, VA – The National
04/21 Washington, DC – The Anthem
04/23 Geneva, NY – Smith Opera House
04/24 Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
04/25 St. Louis, MO – Peabody Opera House
05/22 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
05/23 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
05/25 Ann Arbor, MI – Hill Auditorium
05/26 Lewiston, NY – Artpark
05/27 Boston, MA – Boston Calling Festival
05/28 Montreal, QC – MTELUS
05/30 Toronto, ON – Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
05/31 Pittsburgh, PA – Benedum Center
06/02 Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
06/05 Louisville, KY – Iroquois Amphitheater
06/07 Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for the Performing Arts ^
06/08 New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall ^
06/09 Shelburne, VT – The Green at Shelburne Museum ^
06/10 Portland, ME – State Theatre ^
06/13 Brooklyn, NY – BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival ^
06/15 North Adams, MA – MASS MoCA
06/21 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre ^
06/22-23 Troutdale, OR – Edgefield ^
08/04-05 Missoula, MT – Travelers' Rest
 
* with Whitney
^ with M. Ward
 

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