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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 of "hand it over" get reinforced by orchestration, piano, banjo, and sighing backing vocals, over the standard acoustic-rock lineup. This one's sad and slow-- and drags on for nearly eight minutes. "You did your time, so thank you very much," Meloy sings near the end. After a quick listen I prefer Morrissey's "You Were Good in Your Time" ("...and we thank you"), but I'll take this one to fill the intermission whenever Hazards of Love hits Broadway.Stream:> The Decemberists: "Sleepless"[from Dark Was the Night; due 02/17/09 via Red Hot]
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The Decemberists: – “I 4 U & U 4 Me” (Stereogum Premiere)
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Next week the Decemberists are set to release the follow up to last year’s The King Is Dead, and earlier this week we shared the first song from that forthcoming EP, Long Live The King. Since the songs on the new EP are from the same sessions that produced The King Is Dead, they exhibit [...]
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The Decemberists: – “Foregone”
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The Decemberists will soon follow up their big early-2011 hit album The King Is Dead with an EP called Long Live The King. The tracks on the EP come from the same sessions that produced The King Is Dead, so they’ve got a similarly rootsy sound, and you can hear that in the EP track [...]
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The Decemberists: Jenny Conlee's cancer in remission
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Band report keyboard player has overcome breast cancer
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The Decemberists: Releasing New EP
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The Decemberists have announced the November 1st release of the b-sides EP Long Live The King
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Death Cab for Cutie: Carson Daly Going Greek With The Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie, Atmosphere and Thievery Corporation
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Carson Daly will be going Greek this week with The Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie, Atmosphere and Thievery Corporation
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