The Decemberists – I’ll Be Your Girl (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

The Decemberists – I’ll Be Your Girl (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 43:12 minutes | 847 MB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rough Trade

For their eighth studio album, I’ll Be Your Girl, The Decemberists worked with producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Lana Del Rey) and tinkered with their acoustic style, adding synth-driven grooves and assertive tempos. Songs like “Severed” and “Cutting Stone” sound expansive, opening new vistas of mood. “Rusalka, Rusalka/Wild Rushes” comprises multiple suites of grandeur, gently unfurling with ambition and conviction. The Decemberists save room for their acoustic heartbeat—check “Everything Is Awful” and “Sucker’s Prayer” for amazing songs about despair.

The Decemberists continue their breakthrough into a quiet American folk scene calibrated for radio, as evidenced by the first title Once in My Life. The long tracks, the instrumental soaring and the Celtic accents that could exude The Crane Wise (2006) are far gone, the earthy folk that characterized the band from Portland being erased little by little throughout the albums until the modern What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World. I’ll Be Your Girl sees them pursue their metamorphosis. Homogeneous from one end to the other, alternating between melancholic ballads and sweet melodies, this eighth opus, whose production has been entrusted to John Congleton (St. Vincent, Swans and Could Nothing)—his touch seems to resolutely work on the curious We All Die Young—dived a bit more into polite American rock. – Charlotte Saintoin

Tracklist:
1-1. The Decemberists – Once In My Life (05:09)
1-2. The Decemberists – Cutting Stone (03:20)
1-3. The Decemberists – Severed (04:03)
1-4. The Decemberists – Starwatcher (02:39)
1-5. The Decemberists – Tripping Along (03:35)
1-6. The Decemberists – Your Ghost (02:40)
1-7. The Decemberists – Everything Is Awful (03:22)
1-8. The Decemberists – Sucker’s Prayer (03:28)
1-9. The Decemberists – We All Die Young (04:01)
1-10. The Decemberists – Rusalka, Rusalka / Wild Rushes (08:15)
1-11. The Decemberists – I’ll Be Your Girl (02:34)

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