The Decemberists

  • Crane Wife
    Crane Wife
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  • Omnibus
    Omnibus
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  • 16 Military Wives [CD-SINGLE]
    16 Military Wives [CD-SINGLE]
    The Portland based 5-piece outfit Decemberists are back with their third album Picaresque. '16 Military Wives' is the first single lifted from the album. Roughtrade. 2005.
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  • Picaresque
    Picaresque
    In the past two years, The Decemberists have gone from unknowns outside their native Portland to success via critical praise, impressive sales, and packed houses. This is their fullest sounding release yet. They blaze through more instrumental variations than can be listed here, for a heightened urgency and depth to the sharply written lyrical scenarios.
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  • The Tain [EP]
    The Tain [EP]
    This fascinating and creative Portland (Oregon)-based pop-art group that is reputed not only for its music, but also for the romantic and epic spirit in the best sense, has recently handed us its 18-minutes long release titled The Tain, whose cornerstone, according to leader Colin Meloy, is a cycle of Celtic mythology under the same name, and is basically a conceptual work, a song divided into five parts.
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  • Her Majesty
    Her Majesty
    The second full-length CD from Portland, Oregon's Decemberists certainly posits Colin Meloy near the top of the current crop of literate indie rockers. Meloy is the brother of author Maile Meloy and a fellow whom one concludes has his own well-worn library card. Eschewing conventional pop-song subject matter, he delves deep into the past for his narratives and even his lexicon, witness "Shanty for the Arethusa," the high-seas opener, and "The Chimbley Sweep," which recalls the Zombies' similarly dark-hued "Butcher's Tale."
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  • 5 Songs [EP]
    5 Songs [EP]
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  • Castaways and Cutouts
    Castaways and Cutouts
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