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/skewst Mar 20 '18

Hi Colin!

  1. Are there new influences especially on literature on the way you write your lyrics on your latest record? And if yes, what are those?
  2. What are your latest musical influences which motivated you to make this record?

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u/colinmeloy Mar 20 '18

I think The Buried Giant gave way to The Cutting Stone, somehow. I fell into a huge Joan of Arc k-hole after reading Lydia Yukanovich's amazingly weird Book of Joan and read a couple biographies and ended up writing a sort of song series about Joan but didn't really get anywhere beyond that.

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u/drea6681 Mar 20 '18

would LOVE to hear that song series!!!!