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The Decemberists sign to Capitol Records

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 12/12/05 @ 1:44 PM - altpress.com

Pitchfork is reporting that the Decemberists have signed to Capitol Records. The Portland, Oregon, band, who just completed a European tour in support of their 2005 Kill Rock Stars-released album Picaresque, plan on entering the studio in April 2006 to record their major-label debut with Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla producing.

"The plan is to find a mansion to move into and take a little bit more time than we did for Picaresque," frontman Colin Meloy told Pitchfork. "Walla is intent on recording it exclusively on 24-track, rather than the 80 tracks that we used recording Picaresque. In some ways, we're scaling back a little bit."

Before the recording session commences, Meloy will head out on a brief solo tour this January. Dates:

01-18 Seattle, WA - Showbox *
01-19 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater *
01-20 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
01-21 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey *
01-23 Chicago, IL - Park West *
01-25 Boston, MA - Paradise *
01-26 New York, NY - Town Hall *#
01-27 Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts *
01-28 Alexandria, VA - Birchmere *

* with Laura Veirs
# with Amy Annelle