As It Ever Was, So It Will Be AgainThe Decemberists · 2024

pastemagazine

8.0

“The Portland band’s ninth album features Colin Meloy’s sharpest songwriting in more than a decade.”

pitchfork

7.2

“On their first new album in six years, the folk troubadours balance out-of-time balladry with a mature sensibility that’s attuned to melancholy and mortality in the present.”

exclaim

7.0

“Colin Meloy's been a busy guy — his YA and children's novels have taken up a lot of his time. He didn't intend for the Decemberists' hiatus from music to span six years, but the band's latest, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, marks their first album in over half a decade. As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again marks another first for the Decemberists: It's their debut release under new label YAB”

birdorcages

9.8

“This early 2000’s indie band has only gotten better with age. From the impeccable lyricism from frontman Colin Meloy, to the musical genius of the likes of Conlee, Funk, Query, and Moen - this fresh album still stands out strong in their discography. They’ve settled easy into their impeccable prog rock sound, and there’s a little bit of love for every album that has come before it on this record.”