#13 Seller of 2005! 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. Produced by Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie) in a Portland church that was also being used as a daycare center, with Picaresque The Decemberists have recorded their fullest sounding release yet, all ambitions fulfilled. The Quintet blazes through more instrumental variations than can be listed here, for a heightened urg   [ read more ]

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Colin Meloy and his brave Decemberists made the unlikely jump to a major label after 2005's excellent Picaresque, a move that surprised both longtime fans and detractors of the band. While it is difficult to imagine the suits at Capitol seeing dollar signs in the eyes of an accordion- and bouzouki-wielding, British folk-inspired collective from Portland, OR, that dresses in period Civil War outfits and has been known to cover Morrissey, it's hard to argue with what the Decemberists have wrought from    [ read more ]

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On this follow-up to one of the biggest sleeper hits of the year, "Castaway and Cutouts," strings soar, glockenspiels chime, and analog synths buzz over what this band considers its finest overture into pop song arrangement, all the while keeping intact the folk-pop sound that has defined the band since its inception. A new cast of characters is introduced as well, giving further depth to the richly bizarre songcraft of the band's bespectacled leading player, Colin Meloy.[ read more ]

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Drawing comparisons to Belle and Sebastian (but dirtier) and Neutral Milk Hotel (but poppier), the group really rides under the banner of the famed "Big Music" movement of the mid-80s that birthed such legendary pop groups as Big Country, World Party, and the Waterboys. This debut CD features a full-color, 12-page booklet with lyrics and illustrations by Carson Ellis.

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The Hazards of Love is the follow-up to the The Decemberists' 2006 breakthrough, The Crane Wife, voted favorite album of the year by NPR listeners. With their fifth full-length album, the Portland-based quintet of Colin Meloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query, and John Moen solidifies its standing as one of the most innovative creative forces in music today. In an age when singles rule and the death of the album has been pronounced by many, The Decemberists have fashioned an anomaly: a rec   [ read more ]

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A four-song single with two songs from their album, Her Majesty The Decemberists, plus two bonus tracks to tide you over until the next release. The Decemberists have been critical darlings since birth, and with each release they grow more sophisticated in their songcraft and subtler in their wit. Track List: 1 Billy Liar 2 Los Angeles I'm Yours 3 Sunshine (Everybody Knows) 4 Everything I Try to Do

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REISSUE. In the last two years, Portland's Decemberists burst onto the scene with Castaways And Cutouts, wowed critics, gained legions of fans with Her Majesty, and then continued the trend with Picaresque. In the wake of all this, Kill Rock Stars is re-releasing their highly acclaimed concept EP, The Tain (originally released on Acuarela). The record's cornerstone is a cycle of Celtic mythology under the same name and is a one epic song divided into five parts. A bit of a rock o   [ read more ]

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After releasing two solid albums of British folk-inspired library-pop, it's only fitting that the Oregon-based collective the Decemberists would construct a nearly 20-minute EP based on an epic tale concerning a violent cattle raid in pre-Christian Ireland. If anything, Tain is the indie rock generation's "Court of the Crimson King," a narrative that's as isolating as it is compelling, especially when filtered through the surprisingly Black Sabbath-inspired song cycle. Composed of five    [ read more ]

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