Saturday Live Music at the Tasting Room
2025-06-21 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-28 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-05 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-12 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-19 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Gather your crew and join us for live acoustic music every Saturday from 1-4pm under the tent at the tasting room!
Saturday, October 4 – Kris Day
Saturday, October 11 – Claudia Hoyser 1:30pm-4pm*

Jefferson Starship 50th Anniversary Tour/RunAway Again Tour with support: Rob Smith & Mike Gladstone of Junkyardfieldtrip at Concerts at Point of the Bluff
2025-06-22 14:00 - 18:00
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Jefferson Starship is one of the most successful arena rock bands of the ’70s and ’80s, earning 3 platinum and 8 gold records, as well as numerous Top 40 Billboard singles. As they celebrate their 50th anniversary, the band reaches a rare milestone that only a few bands ever achieve. Founded by Paul Kantner in the ’70s, Jefferson Starship was conceived as a collective of musical adventurers contributing to his epic concept albums and eventual catalog of rock classics. When the current lineup came together in 2012, with many members having joined years earlier, Kantner couldn’t have predicted the band would become the road-conquering force they are today. The five members of Jefferson Starship often describe themselves as both a “family” and a”gang,” and this sense of camaraderie shines through in their performances. Over the years, they’ve played in all 50 U.S. states, five continents, and countless countries. A recent tour of New Zealand was noted as one of the band’s favorites, and their live shows continue to offer a non-stop mix of rock hits. The band’s current lineup includes original member David Freiberg, drummer Donny Baldwin (who first joined in 1982), keyboardist Chris Smith (who joined in 1998), guitarist Jude Gold (who joined in 2012), and singer/guitarist Cathy Richardson (who joined in 2008 after Kantner saw her perform with Big Brother and the Holding Company). As Jefferson Starship celebrates its 50th anniversary, the band reflects on the legacy of Paul Kantner, who passed away in 2016. The spirit of exploration and adventure he instilled in the band lives on in their music and performances. As Gold puts it, “To me, that ‘Paul Kantner thing’—getting on a rocket ship and blasting off into the unknown—is the very essence of Jefferson Starship. And that spirit is very much alive in the band today.”

Supported by Rob Smith & Mike Gladstone of Junkyardfieldtrip

Farmer's Market with Glenn Scott Farm
2025-06-26 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-03 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-10 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-17 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-24 17:00 - 19:00
Join us every Thursday from 5-7pm at the tasting room and shop an incredible selection of vendors while supporting local growers, artists, and producers! This season is packed with live music, bocce, wine, beer, and delicious bites from our food truck, The Park Out!

Thursday Live Music at the Farmer's Market
2025-06-26 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-03 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-10 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-17 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-24 17:00 - 19:00
Join us every Thursday from 5–7pm for our weekly Farmer’s Market!Browse fresh, locally-grown produce and goods from talented local makers, growers, and artisans—all while enjoying live music and good vibes. It’s the perfect way to shop small and support your community.
Live Music Schedule:
July 24 – Ed Iseley
July 31 – Scott Tremolo
August 7 – Ende Brothers
August 14 – Good Weather String Band
August 21 – Levi Gangi
August 28 – Michael Caschera
September 4 – Louiston
September 11 – Logan Route
September 18 – Laura Thurston
September 25 – Qwister (Duo)

7 Bridges: The Ultimate EAGLES Experience at Concerts at Point of the Bluff
2025-06-28 14:00 - 18:00
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7 Bridges : The Ultimate EAGLES Experience is a stunningly accurate tribute to the music of the Eagles. Using no backing tracks or harmonizers, 7 Bridges faithfully re-creates the experience of an Eagles concert from the band’s most prolific period. Every show features one brilliant hit single after another with some mighty Joe Walsh surprises sprinkled into the mix. 7 Bridges offers the perfect blend of songs to capture all levels of Eagles devotees.

7 Bridges is a tour de force of talent, combining incredible musicianship, vocal precision and a stage presence that has garnered them nationwide acclaim. The band features Bryan Graves as Glenn Frey, Keith Thoma as Don Henley, Devon Pangle as Randy Meisner/Timothy B. Schmit, Richie Scholl as the eccentric and unpredictable Joe Walsh, Brian Franklin as guitar wizard Don Felder, and Vernon Roop as Joe Vitale, the often unsung hero of many Eagles studio albums and live performances.

Morning Pilates & Mimosas
2025-06-29 10:00 - 12:00
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Sunday Funday, anyone? Point of the Bluff is excited to host a pop-up mat Pilates class!
Join Julia Tiberio, Certified Pilates Instructor, for an hour long Pilates class that will include a warm up and cool down stretch! This class is open to all fitness levels and will be a low-impact stretch and mobility class with a focus on core! Julia will also offer modifications for all moves and is committed to making sure you have a good experience and feel comfortable and strong throughout the duration of class! Julia has been a fitness instructor for 5+ years and is dedicated to inspiring, motivating and cheering on anyone who joins in a class! All you need is a mat, sweat towel (if you’d like) and water. Prepare to leave feeling empowered and rejuvenated.
Arrive 15 minutes prior to set up and get comfortable. Come dressed for a workout. Class will be followed by a complimentary mimosa or glass of Point of the Bluff wine. Additional mimosas and wine will be available to purchase.
We can’t wait to see you there!

Point of the Bluff's 10 Year Anniversary Party!
2025-07-05 11:00 - 21:00
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We’re turning 10 and you’re invited to the ultimate summer celebration! Join us for a day full of wine, music, delicious food, games, giveaways, and all the good vibes as we toast to a decade of Point of the Bluff magic. Whether you’ve spent a summer afternoon at a concert, experienced a farm-to-table dinner, or shared a quiet moment with a glass of wine on the deck, you’ve been part of our story.
Our entire family of businesses will be coming together to celebrate this anniversary – Point of the Bluff Vineyards, Concerts at Point of the Bluff, The Park Inn, Crooked Lake Ice Cream Co., and Glenn Scott Farm
We’ve got a jam packed day of festivities, check out the full itinerary at the link above for all the details!

10 Year Anniversary Bocce Tournament
2025-07-05 13:00 - 16:00
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Showcase your abilities at Point of the Bluff’s 10 Year Anniversary Bocce Tournament on Saturday July 5th from 1:00pm – 4:00pm. The 1st place winner takes home a cash prize of $500 while 2nd place collects $250 and third place collects $100.
The only requirement to play is an entry fee of $20. Register your team here or if you’d prefer to pay cash, you can pay and sign up in the Tasting Room. Spots are limited, secure yours now! The registration fee is for 1 team, teams of 2-4 permitted for bocce.
Don’t forget to check out a handful of other exciting events happening at Point of The Bluff to celebrate our 10 Year Anniversary!
If you participate in the tournament, enjoy complimentary tickets to the evenings festivities up the hill at the pavilion featuring The Docksiders.
For the itinerary, visit: https://pointofthebluffvineyards.com/10-year-anniversary/

The Docksiders Yacht Rock Experience with Special Guest Levi Gangi at Concerts at Point of the Bluff
2025-07-05 16:00 - 21:00
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This concert is part of our 10 Year Anniversary Party!
Imagine that it’s 1981 and you’re cruising the Atlantic shores of the Hamptons with your friends. Bikinis are fluorescent, polo collars are popped, and boat shoes are rocked sockless. In the background, your booming sound system is playing the soft-rock sounds of Olivia Newton-John, Toto, Kenny Loggins, The Carpenters, Michael McDonald, Hall & Oates, Christopher Cross, and Air Supply.
The Docksiders are made up of music industry veterans – led by 3-time Grammy™ nominee, Kevin Sucher. Their unique tribute act brings to life the timeless “soft rock” hits of the ’70s and ’80s – now celebrated as Yacht Rock – captivating audiences across the country. They are considered the best soft rock revue in the world, delivering an unforgettable experience that transports fans back to the golden era of smooth tunes.
Catch The Docksiders every Thursday, Friday, & Saturday night at 1923 LIVE inside The Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Resort on the World Famous Las Vegas Strip when they aren’t on tour.
Show stopping hit song after hit song, costume changes, and production, is only topped by their world-class performance.
With Special Guest Levi Gangi

Fourth of July Weekend Live Music at Point of the Bluff
2025-07-06 13:00 - 16:00
Celebrate Fourth of July weekend with live music from Better Halves at the tasting room! Join us outside under the tent on Sunday, July 6 for an afternoon of great tunes, good vibes, and even better wine. Free admission—just bring your friends, grab a glass, and enjoy the music!

Full Moon Yoga
2025-07-10 19:30 - 21:00
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During the full moon we will explore the theme of full awareness through the practice of yoga poses. This class is open to all levels of experience. Lauren, the class instructor, will guide you with an easeful flow from one pose to the next. Lauren earned her Kripalu certification in 1998 and also completed Ana Forrest Advanced Teacher Training in 2017 at Kripalu. She began teaching Yoga in NYC and has taught for over 20 years at colleges and various learning centers. You can learn more at her website here: https://keukayoga.wixsite.com/website
Arrive 15 minutes prior to set up and get comfortable. Come dressed for yoga (we recommend some layers) and bring a mat! Class will be followed by a complimentary glass of Point of the Bluff wine. Additional wine will be available to purchase by the glass or bottle.
We are so excited to have you join us beneath the full moon for a night of great company and wine! See you soon!

Savor the Season: The 100 Mile Table (SOLD OUT)
2025-07-11 17:30 - 20:30
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Join us for a lovely summer evening of delicious farm-to-table food, great wines, and live music at our third annual Savor the Season: The 100 Mile Table!
We’ll kick off the evening with a welcome cocktail and passed hors d’oeuvres before we head to the lawn for a wonderful dinner beneath the summer sky. You’ll enjoy a delicious four-course meal, each dish paired perfectly with our exceptional wines. Showcasing the best flavors of the season, this dinner will feature produce from our own Glenn Scott Farm and other regional producers. Every ingredient and element will be sourced from within 100 miles of Point of the Bluff, making each bite all the more magical.
Come celebrate the essence of summer in the FLX!
Live music by Adrianna Noone Trio
Please note:

This event is for patrons 21+.
Seating will be community style.
Gratuity is included in the ticket price.
We can accommodate Vegetarian and Gluten Free. Please reach out with other dietary restrictions before purchasing tickets.

Sunday Live Music at the Tasting Room - The Fog
2025-07-13 13:00 - 16:00
Come relax under the tent at the tasting room on Sunday, July 13 for live music by The Fog from 1 to 4pm. This free event is the perfect way to spend a summer afternoon—great tunes, great vibes, and even better wine.

Daryl Hall with special guest Glenn Tilbrook at Concerts at Point of the Bluff
2025-07-13 14:00 - 18:00
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Daryl Hall is a modern-day renaissance man, an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the star of his very own award-winning web series, Live from Daryl’s House, as well as a successful venue owner with “Daryl’s House,” a restored venue and live music space in Pawling, N.Y. The Philadelphia soul man is still achieving career milestones more than four decades later, continuing to perform with his band to sold out venues everywhere.

It’s been quite a decade for Hall, including the opening of “Daryl’s House,” a combination world-class restaurant and performance venue, which he kicked off on October 31, 2014. The popular venue also serves as home base for his multi award-winning Live from Daryl’s House. The show, which began as a “light bulb” moment for Hall when he launched it in 2007 as a free webcast, has set the standard for artist-initiated projects. The groundbreaking series provides a mix of legends and the next generation of superstars. “Live From Daryl’s House” streams on Daryl Hall’s YouTube channel.

Previous episodes of Live From Daryl’s House have featured a diverse mix of veteran and new performers from rock, soul, country and R&B including rock legends Sammy Hagar, Joe Walsh, Cheap Trick, Tommy Shaw, Kenny Loggins, Todd Rundgren, Nick Lowe, Dave Stewart and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top; soul and R&B artists The O’Jays, Aaron Neville, Aloe Blacc, Kandace Springs, Elle King, Wyclef Jean, Smokey Robinson, Cee Lo Green, Booker T & The MGs, and Sharon Jones; big-league singer/songwriters such as Ben Folds, Rob Thomas, Jason Mraz, Gavin DeGraw, Goo Goo Dolls’ John Rzeznik and Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump; country artists such as Shelby Lynne; and has helped break new acts like Fitz & The Tantrums, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Neon Trees, Johnnyswim, Parachute and Anderson East. The latest episodes of the show feature Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook, Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr, Andy Grammer, Lisa Loeb, Robert Fripp, and Howard Jones.

Daryl released his sixth solo album, D, on Virgin Music Group on June 21, co-produced by one-time Eurythmics member and fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dave Stewart, who co-wrote seven of the nine new original songs with Hall penning the other two on his own. The first single from the album, “Can’t Say No To You” can be seen on YouTube. Daryl Hall has come a long way, and he’s still got plenty of mileage left in a career that’s taken him from the streets of Philadelphia to the halls of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. The best is yet to come.

Wine Glass Suncatcher Workshop
2025-07-16 17:30 - 19:30
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There’s no better way to capture a piece of the Finger Lakes than making your very own Wine Glass Suncatcher! Join Point of the Bluff Vineyards and instructor Erica Unterwoman from Aubergine Glass & Jewelry as you learn how to craft with stained glass, a perfect decoration for those bright sunny days ahead. Enjoy your time with beautiful scenery and a complimentary glass of wine under the cover of our pavilion. Additional wine will be available for purchase.

Shakey Graves with Hovvdy at Concerts at Point of the Bluff
2025-07-18 17:00 - 21:00
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Across his career, Shakey Graves—a.k.a. the performance moniker of Austin, Texas-born Alejandro Rose-Garcia—has intentionally created thrilling musical adventures tailored to each fan: burning CDs and putting them in personalized decorated bags; building intricate scavenger hunts that send fans in search of unique tapes; and Bandcamp-exclusive releases. “The fans and musicians that really resonate with me—and the inexplicable ways that I find things that I like—are usually entirely through randomness and chaos and accident,” Rose- Garcia says. “I’ve always been on this quest to make people feel like my own music is a choose your own adventure.”
In 2024 Rose-Garcia celebrated the ten year anniversary of his And The War Came album with a special 10 Year Anniversary Edition release featuring never before heard demos and b-sides from the recording process and inviting fans to enter the long since abandoned Music House. His story continues to unfold, but Shakey Graves Is Still A Gentleman From Texas.

Grace Potter with support: Eli Flynn + The Everymen at Concerts at Point of the Bluff
2025-07-20 14:00 - 18:00
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Way back in 2008—before the Grammy nominations, the steady stream of sold-out tours and critically acclaimed records, the co-signs from rock royalty like the Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, Bonnie Raitt, Iggy Pop, and many more—Grace Potter holed up in an L.A. studio with the legendary T Bone Burnett and cut an album unlike any other in her wildly expansive body of work. Made with a crew of musical luminaries, the Burnett-produced LP captured Potter at a moment of profound metamorphosis, then wound up shelved. After joining forces with her former label Hollywood Records to unearth those recordings from deep in the vaults, Potter at long last presents the official release of Medicine: a powerhouse album that’s equal parts archival gem and thrilling new addition to her extraordinary catalog.
“I remember being in the studio with T Bone and feeling like this was everything I’d been waiting for, and I couldn’t go wrong—it never occurred to me that the album might not get released,” says Potter. “But even though I felt a great urgency to put the record out back then, I’m at peace with the fact that it’s taken this long. I’m at a point where I have a much stronger understanding of what I have to offer the world, and this offering feels like it’s right on time.”
Arriving on the heels of her fifth solo album Mother Road—a 2023 LP that marked her most fiercely visionary work to date—Medicine came to life soon after the release of This Is Somewhere, the 2007 sophomore effort from her former band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. After stumbling upon a video of Potter delivering an a cappella rendition of the title track from the band’s 2005 debut Nothing but the Water, Burnett didn’t hesitate when approached about working with Potter. They arranged a meeting at the Hotel Bel-Air—an occasion so consequential she recalls every moment in ultra-vivid detail. (“I remember wearing a Missoni dress I’d bought vintage, which was unraveling at the seams,” says Potter. “I arrived way too early, so I listened to Linda Ronstadt’s ‘Blue Bayou’ on repeat in the car. Then, I finally sat down with T-Bone and Bob Cavallo, head of Hollywood Records at the time. I ordered corned-beef hash and sat dead-still trying to keep my dress from falling apart as we talked about the project and everything we could create together.”) Fresh off his widely celebrated turn as producer on Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ Raising Sand—a 2007 album whose five Grammy wins added to a legacy that also included producing O Brother, Where Art Thou?—Burnett approached the project with a definitive plan for what would become Medicine. “T Bone’s idea was that my voice and the rhythm would carry the record,” she says. “He told me my voice was a force of nature, that it needed to be compelled forward by something with a superhuman momentum—which was not at all what I’d expected, and so much more enticing and exciting as a new access point for my musicality.”
Recorded at The Village Studios, Medicine strays far from the high-spirited roots-rock of Potter’s earliest work, bringing a shadowy intensity to her soul-baring songs of lust and longing and self-salvation. To carve out the sonic landscape envisioned for the album, Burnett enlisted his longtime collaborators Jim Keltner, bassist Dennis Crouch, guitarist Marc Ribot, and keyboardist Keefus Ciancia. “It was like being in a masterclass every day,” says Potter. “I was so game for whatever T Bone wanted to try, whether it was making space for my voice to really ring out or letting the music swallow me whole so I could drown a little bit and then come back to the surface.” For Potter, that process unlocked aspects of her vocal artistry previously unknown to her. “At the time I was in a rock band where screaming over the loudest guitar onstage was my main job,” she says. “But this album often required real restraint and nuance, and it taught me so much about how to play with those moments of tension and release.”
Opening with “Before The Sky Falls,” Medicine immediately reveals the strangely timeless quality of its songwriting and sound. With its strutting grooves, rumbling drums, and frenetic guitar tones, the quietly seductive track channels the supreme pleasure of surrendering to love in times of chaos. One of the first songs recorded for Medicine, “Before The Sky Falls,” also set the tone for near-telepathic improvisation that fueled much of the album. “At the start of that session T Bone told us, ‘I want Keefus to begin the journey with a single color, and I want you all to let him wander for a while—it’ll be like a Quaker ceremony where you don’t speak until you feel called,’” she says. “There was no real discussion about the arrangement; he just wanted us to enter into a state of working together by letting each musician slowly build around what the others were bringing in.”
Over the course of its 12 songs, Medicine achieves a hypnotic power thanks to the charmed interplay between Potter’s shapeshifting voice and the sonic exploration of her collaborators. On “Low Road,” for instance, her vocals slip into a moody smolder as she recounts a surreal night in Austin when she roamed the city alone and encountered a man dressed as a priest. “I was in a dreamlike state and talked with him for a long time about his regrets and love affairs gone wrong, and it made me realize how we as humans are so desperate to connect with people who’ve experienced the same pain we have.” Meanwhile, on “If I Was from Paris,” Potter shares the first song ever written on her iconic Gibson Flying V: a gloriously brash come-on propelled by primal drumbeats, slinky guitar riffs, and coquettish harmonies. “T Bone understood exactly where I was coming from and told me, ‘Let’s make this song as subversive as it can possibly be.’”
With its tracklist encompassing everything from the sublimely languid psychedelia of “Colors” to the avant-blues majesty of “To Shore” to the paradigm-shifting “Oasis,” Medicine takes its title from an epic femme-fatale tale that Potter considers particularly formative in shaping her songwriting voice. “It was the first song I wrote when I got the official call that I was green-lit to make the record with T-Bone. I didn’t even wait to get out of the bathtub. I just wrote and wrote until I was a prune…and there she was.” Spiked with a bit of feverish guitar work from Burnett, the groove-heavy and horn-soaked “Medicine” brilliantly shifts between desperation and ferocity as Potter delves into the darkest realms of her subconscious. “T Bone had given me some ideas about what to sing about for this record, and one of his questions was, ‘What shows up in your dreams?’” she says. “That led me to write about this haunting character who’s threatening me, but who also is me. It felt like an introduction to a character I’ve come to know very well, and who’s wandered into many of my songs since then.” One of several tracks later revisited for the Nocturnals’ next album—and featured here in their original, never-before-heard form—“Medicine” has since become a staple in Potter’s notoriously transcendent live show. “Over the years I’ve brought in more and more elements of dream states and magic into my live set, and so much of that was influenced by my work with T Bone,” she points out.
Despite the undeniable success of Potter and Burnett’s collaboration, Hollywood Records decided to put Medicine on the backburner in favor of developing the demos she’d recently created with multi-Grammy-winning producer Mark Batson (Alicia Keys, Dr. Dre, Dave Matthews Band)—a prolific musical partnership that eventually led to Grace Potter and the Nocturnals’ 2010 self-titled album. “Batson and I clicked instantly. We had a great shorthand and we’d already been writing together throughout the winter and spring of 2008. The demos I made with him were fast and sexy, and had a lot of swagger—the label felt going in that direction was the best way to keep up the momentum my band had been building,” says Potter. “I remember playing in Central Park and my former manager telling me, ‘The label doesn’t want to put out Medicine. But good news: you’re on a plane to L.A. tonight, and we’re going straight to the studio to make the record with Batson.’ That album ended up being a big success, and I wouldn’t change a thing about it—but going back into the studio to record a lot of the same songs all over again felt like something out of Groundhog Day.”
Since the making of Medicine, Potter has forged a formidable career that’s included sharing the stage with the likes of Robert Plant, Allman Brothers Band, the Rolling Stones, and Mavis Staples, in addition to earning three Grammy nominations (including Best Rock Album for her critically lauded 2019 album Daylight and another for a 2011 collaboration with country superstar Kenny Chesney). “Medicine brought me to a new understanding of the diversity of musicality I have within me—it showed me I had so much to share beyond the ’70s-throwback, rock-and-roll thing I had been known for up to that point,” says Potter. “Maybe it was just so far behind its time…or so ahead of its time…that I needed to step away from it for a while, keep exploring and keep moving away from anything derivative. This is an album that truly belongs in its own space, and I’m so happy to finally give it the platform I know it deserves.”
Supported by Eli Flynn + The Everymen

The Decemberists at Concerts at Point of the Bluff
2025-07-23 17:30 - 21:30
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For over 20 years The Decemberists have been one of the most original, daring, and thrilling American rock bands. Founded in the year 2000 when singer, songwriter, and guitarist Colin Meloy moved from Montana to Portland, Oregon and met bassist Nate Query, keyboardist Jenny Conlee, and guitarist Chris Funk, The Decemberists’ distinctive brand of hyperliterate folk-rock set them apart from the start with the release of their debut EP 5 Songs in 2001. After making their full-length debut with Castaways and Cutouts in 2002, the band signed with Kill Rock Stars for the release of the acclaimed albums Her Majesty the Decemberists (2003) and Picaresque (2005), which was produced by Chris Walla. The 2004 EP The Tain – an 18-minute single-track epic – made the band’s grand creative ambitions clear.

Around this time the band’s permanent line-up fell into place with the arrival of drummer John Moen, and they made the unexpected leap to Capitol Records for their first major label album in 2006. Fans’ concerns of whether the band would alter their trademark sound quickly vanished when they delivered their most ambitious and audacious record to date in The Crane Wife, a song cycle produced by Walla and Tucker Martine (who would become a longtime creative partner) that added elements of ‘70s prog, hard rock and even quasi-disco to their palette. The album was met by wide acclaim from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, SPIN, Stereogum, and was named Best New Music by Pitchfork.
Three years later, The Hazards of Love – a full-length concept album based on Meloy’s idea for a stage musical – was a Top 20 hit. In 2011, they topped themselves yet again with their first #1 album, The King Is Dead, which featured the GRAMMY-nominated song “Down By The Water.” After their 2015 album What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, which included the #1 AAA radio hit “Make You Better,” The Decemberists changed up their sound and explored new approaches to making music on their eighth studio album I’ll Be Your Girl (2018) with producer John Congleton.

Now the enduring indie band returned in 2024 with their first new music in six years, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again. In many ways, this album feels like an aptly titled renewal for The Decemberists, realized by returning to familiar routes of creation with the ever- updating perspective of now. “More than any other album,” writes Stereogum, “this album feels like a career summary of everything The Decemberists are and have been, juxtaposing stripped-down folk and buoyant pop songs against lengthy monoliths.” They are produced by Tucker Martine and rendered by a band with a true sense of purpose and meaning. The Decemberists have been here before, but they’ve rarely if ever felt so directed and focused, so able to condense some bit of truth into a few compulsive verses. As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again is the first full-length release on YABB Records, the band’s own label, after a run of nearly two decades with Capitol. As they were once, here are the Decemberists again, now an independent band empowered by singing stories that sound instantly familiar and convey some bit of hard-won wisdom.
