Decemberists on The Simpsons (cool frame from episode)

THEY WERE ALL YELLOW: This just in from Colin Meloy: “Even though the Decemberists themselves are in deep-sleep hibernation mode, like those people in the Alien movies, but with a likelier rate of future survival, the Decemberists HQ machine is as healthy, vibrant and not-Alien-impregnated as ever. The Decemberists will be appearing as special guests, in yellowface, on an upcoming episode of The Simpsons! Program your TiVo! Fire up the DVR! Rotate your Roku! Keelhaul your Apple TV! You heard that right—The Decemberists on The Simpsons! Because of the thick shroud of secrecy that hovers over every upcoming season of this perennial American favorite television series, we cannot disclose the plot of the episode in which the band appears, seemingly via wormhole, in the world of Springfield—suffice it to say: it's called ‘The Day the Earth Stood Cool’ and it'll be unleashed December 2nd, at 8 pm ET, on Fox.” (8/30a)