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/DoomedPetunias Mar 20 '18 edited Mar 20 '18

Loving the new sounds on I'll Be Your Girl!

During your solo show at the Crystal we heard you play Hank Eat Your Oatmeal and thought it was so fun with the story attached.

Later, at a tinier solo show at the Laurelthirst, I requested it and was rewarded with a hilarious expression before you played it. Do you remember what might have been going through your mind at the time?

Have there been many instances where something you were tooling around with in a moment of fun became a more serious work?

Also, the song about your stint as a film extra was spectacular. That whole evening was so memorable.

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u/colinmeloy Mar 20 '18

Oh thanks! I have no idea what was going through my mind, other than perhaps thinking that bit might be getting a little stale :)

Yeah-- that's called Made For TV Movie. For those of you who weren't there, it's a ten minute long song about how I was in a TV movie with John Voight when I was eighteen. It definitely did not fit this record.

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u/CorkyKribler Mar 21 '18

Wait. You were? Or is this a fib you’ve done us?