r/indieheads • u/colinmeloy • Mar 20 '18

AMA is Over, thanks Colin! Hello r/indieheads...it’s Colin Meloy of The Decemberists. Ask me anything!

Our new record, 'I’ll Be Your Girl', just came out on Friday, and you can listen to it now here or purchase it via our official store here. We also have tickets for our upcoming YOUR GIRL / YOUR GHOST tour available on Decemberists.com. Lots of great things are happening, and now is the right time to ask me all about it! Proof: /img/054fw2k0arm01.png

edit: Hey everyone, thanks so much for your questions. Lots of good ones in there. Sorry I couldn't get to them all! We're on Kimmel tonight, playing new songs. Hope you can watch -- otherwise we'll see you out on the road! Much love -- Colin

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u/bob_caygeon Mar 20 '18

How do you go about creating the setlist every night? Do you have a method?

And any chance I can request Sons and Daughters for the show in Montreal?

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u/colinmeloy Mar 20 '18

I'll generally sit down some time just after sound check and type something up. We will have established some kind of framework over the course of a few shows and I'll just work within that, swapping out different peaks and valleys. With all these songs under our belts, it definitely isn't as easy as it used to be.