The Decemberists, Olivia Chaney Announce Offa Rex Album, Share Video for New Song: Watch
The Decemberists and English singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney are teaming up for a new project called Offa Rex. The musicians have announced a new album called The Queen of Hearts, which is out July 7 on Nonesuch. Find the cover art and tracklisting below. Offa Rex have also shared a new studio performance video for the title track of the album; check it out below. Chaney has previously opened for the Decemberists on tour, which eventually led to the conception of Offa Rex. In a press release, the Decemberists’ Colin Meloy explained his thought process in collaborating with the English musician:
There’s this weird relationship between British and American music, this interesting trade and theft that goes back and forth. My hope was that if we — the neophytes, the dilettantes, the pretenders — brought Olivia to Portland to work with Tucker, perhaps these traditional British songs would be infused with something different.
Offa Rex are set to tour this summer; view the dates here. The Decemberists’ last releases were 2015’s What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World LP and its companion Florasongs EP. Chaney shared her debut studio album The Longest River in 2015.
The Queen of Hearts:
01 The Queen of Hearts
02 Blackleg Miner
03 The Gardener
04 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
05 Flash Company
06 Old Churchyard
07 Constant Billy (Oddington) / I’ll Go Enlist (Sherborne)
08 Willie o’ Winsbury
09 Bonny May
10 Sheepcrook and Black Dog
11 To Make You Stay
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