Super stoked to announce a solo show in my beloved Astoria, Oregon, at the Liberty Theater, December 17th! Tickets go on sale this Friday at noon at the link in my bio. @libertytheatreastoria
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Book tour! Coming to *your* town, provided you live in one of these five towns. I’ll be reading/conversing/signing The Stars Did Wander Darkling, my new book. Come on out, say hello, get scaaaaared.
Powell’s Books – 9/13, 6 PM PT
Event link: https://bit.ly/3Q9nrUC
Copperfield’s Books – 9/14, 7 PM PT
Event link: https://bit.ly/3KxOc42
Little Shop of Stories – 9/18, 3 PM ET
Event link: https://bit.ly/3q0zk4y
Books Are Magic – 9/19, 7 PM ET
Event link: https://bit.ly/3KymaFB
Brookline Booksmith – 9/20, 6 PM ET
Event link: https://bit.ly/3B1hTak
Hey folks: i’m pleased to introduce to you, born just today, The Machine Shop — my very own Substack journal, a place where I’ll be sporadically (read: 2-3 times a week) posting all manner of things associated with the things I’m, well, associated with: music, writing and… that’s it, really. But it encompasses a lot: I’ll be posting unheard songs, unreleased demos & new covers; I’ll be posting my own lyrics & annotate them, and I’ll be taking other peoples’ songs and digging into to what makes them *so good.* I’ll also be posting exclusive looks at new writing projects & perhaps one day a serialized novel! So much! Subscribe at colinmeloy.substack.com! (Design and illos by the very talented and generous @carsonellis)
Hey folks, I’ll be playing a solo show this next Thursday, December 10, at 5:30 pacific/8:30 eastern — live streamed into your own home/barn/brainstem. Tix available now via link in bio. $1 of every ticket sale will go to @fairfightaction. Limited VIP tix include a post-show hangout/Q&A + a print of this lovely poster made by @carsonellis. All in all, a pleasant way to spend a Thursday evening, I’d say.
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Out today in fine indie (and otherwise) bookstores, online, airmail, what-have-you: EVERYONE’S AWAKE – my new picture book, illustrated by the very great Shawn Harris. Celebrate your insomnia! Embrace the wakefulness!
Heading out on the road in celebration of The Decemberists’ vicennial! Tix at decemberists.com!
Here it is, in all its vulgar glory: Ben Franklin’s Song by @thedecemberists. Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, music by me. Listen in full via link-in-bio. This was a super fun protect — hope you like it. It’s part of a monthly series of new #hamilton-related songs by various artists called #hamildrops. Dig in!
Hey dudes: I sang on this record! Co buy it stream it whatever it! Support our good friend and musical dynamo Scott McCaughey!
#Repost @thedecemberists (@get_repost)
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We covered @BigStarBand’s “Jesus Christ” for the #HolidaysRule Vol. 2 compilation and for #RSDBF, it’s available on exclusive green 7" vinyl also feat. the @PaulMcCartney, @JimmyFallon, and @TheRoots rendition of “Wonderful Christmastime.” [link in bio]
The gods of Mancunian hairstyles smiled on me this morning. We’re en route to Winnetka, IL, folks, where Carson, my coif and I will be at The Book Stall tonight, 6:30 sharp! #thewhizmobandthegrenadinekid
Hey 🌎! The Whiz Mob & The Grenadine Kid comes out TODAY and @carsonellis and I are super proud of it. So proud, in fact, that we’re headed out on the road to read from it & talk about it & sign it for you. Come on out!
Introducing Travelers’ Rest, a two-day event in Missoula, Montana, curated by @thedecemberists! So many amazing bands, you guys. August 12-13. Tix on sale Friday, March 24. Link in ye olde bio.
Out 10/24 – my latest collab with @carsonfellis, THE WHIZ MOB AND THE GRENADINE KID. It’s a middle grade novel about kid pickpockets in 1961 Marseille. It’s a bit of a globe-trotting heist novel. October/November tour dates imminent!