| I'll Be Your Girl | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Decemberists |
| Cover: | Cover of "I'll Be Your Girl".jpg |
| Length: | 43:06 |
| Producer: | John Congleton |
| Prev Title: | The Queen of Hearts |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
| Next Title: | As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
I'll Be Your Girl is the eighth studio album by the American indie rock band The Decemberists, released on March 16, 2018 on Capitol and Rough Trade.[1] Produced by John Congleton, the band experimented with new instrumentation during the album's recording sessions, including several synth-based compositions inspired by New Order and Depeche Mode. The album was preceded by the singles "Severed" and "Once in My Life".
The album's lyrical content was, in part, influenced by the 2016 presidential election and its immediate aftermath. Vocalist and guitarist Colin Meloy noted: "[''I'll Be Your Girl''] celebrates the absurdity of our current predicaments. I think it really is a reflection of my outlook immediately post the 2016 election, where there was immediately this onset of despair. Like real despair. Real depression, and then sort of climbing out of it. Seeing other people feeling the same way, similarly climbing out of their hole and just witnessing events as they came along, rather than with tears. There was almost like an ironic humour but with anger, and those sort of go together. It was about finding the balance between real rage and humour – discovering the wild absurdity in it, but not being blithe."[2]
| Chart (2018) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] | 86 | |
| US Billboard 200[4] | 9 |