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Photo by Nilina Mason-CampbellColin Meloy recently spoke to Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily about the sound and concept of the new Decemberists album, Hazards of Love, and guess what? "It's a twisty, fantastical story about a woman named Margaret who is ravaged by a shape-shifting animal; her lover, William, who is desperate for the two of them to be reunited; a forest queen; and a villainous rake," says the report. So it's a Decemberists album, then?"Everyone's going to call it a rock opera," Meloy said, and that's probably because it pretty much is: Tucker Martine, the album's producer, is sewing together a continuous narrative out of "16 or so" song segments, in the words of Rock & Roll Daily. It sounds like the sewing is necessary too, since Meloy also said, "There's a story there, but it's really painted with broad strokes."Rock & Roll Daily calls Hazards of Love "the Decemberists' full-on classic-rock move, with Meloy and guitarist Chris Funk's pretty Zep-style fingerpicking punctuated by crushing stoner-metal lurches," though they've been doing stuff like that (minus maybe the "stoner-metal" part) for at least a couple records now. Fulfilling Meloy's proclaimed desire "to have different voices singing different songs, so it would be like a fake musical," Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark and My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden guest on the record. What, couldn't get Neil Diamond while you were at it, Meloy?For now, the Decemberists have four remaining tour dates, all on the West Coast at the end of the month. However, they are planning a tour for the spring on which they will play Hazards of Love straight through in all its fantastical glory.Finally, don't forget: On December 2, the band releases Volume III in its Always the Bridesmaid singles series, and Chris Funk is all over Blue Giant's new EP.read more
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The Decemberists: New Music: The : "Sleepless" [Stream]
submitted by Nick Jan 26th 2009 08:01 pm (www.pitchforkmedia.com)
When the Decemberists aren't making rock operas, they're still tilting with the windmills of jangly, theatrical, hyperliterate chamber pop. And I don't know if you know, but those things are damn tough to kill. On "Sleepless", the Portland, Ore., band's contribution to blog-savvy charity comp Dark Was the Night, Colin Meloy's weary entreaties o...
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The Decemberists: The Hazards Of Love Album Art
submitted by Nick Jan 22nd 2009 11:01 pm (stereogum.com)
After all those Always The Bridesmaid singles collections, the more distorted, heavier, and, yes, slightly Billy Joe Armstrong-esque "The Rake's Song" suggested the Decemberists' new full-length The Hazards Of Live might be going in a ballsier direction. Relatively speaking here. This is the Decemberists we're talking about. As far as the tastef...
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The Decemberists: Reveal The Hazards of Love Cover
submitted by Nick Jan 22nd 2009 07:00 pm (www.pitchforkmedia.com)
The Hazards of Love, the forthcoming rock opera from Portland drama-nerds the Decemberists, already had a totally ridiculous-looking tracklist, and now it has an album cover, too. I have to applaud the band's judgement in not using a repulsively ugly Lemony Snicket-looking drawing this time.The Hazards of Love will be out March 24 on Capitol, an...
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The Decemberists: reveal new album details
submitted by Nick Jan 15th 2009 08:00 pm (www.nme.com)
The Decemberists have revealed details of their brand new album 'The Hazards Of Love', set to be released on March 24.
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The Decemberists: New Music: The : "The Rake's Song" [MP3]
submitted by Nick Jan 15th 2009 05:00 pm (www.pitchforkmedia.com)
Photo by Nilina Mason-CampbellColin Meloy has always seemed more like the kind of guy who would use the word "rake" in a song title than an actual rake. And if you're unfamiliar, then the band Meloy leads-- Pacific Northwest folk-pop troupe the Decemberists-- would probably seem more likely to sing songs about stuff made out of metal (bagatelle ...
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