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Every rose has its thorn. Or, as the full title of the first non-"Prelude" track from the Decemberists' forthcoming rock opera puts it: "The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone)". Our second glimpse of the theatrically antiquarian jangle-proggers' upcoming The Hazards of Love, after clambering cautionary tale "The Rake's Song", is a more gradually unfolding work of storytelling than its kinda fun and witty predecessor. Still lots of maidens and vexed plans, though.Colin Meloy's latest might make the most sense if you imagine yourself sitting in a meadow at the butt-end of the 1960s: Vaguely Eastern drone gives way to twinkly acoustic-Zep guitar arpeggios and improvisatory upright basslines recalling Astral Weeks, while the storm-a-brewin' keyboards are very L.A. Woman. Then a brave librarian (or whatever) stands up to sing of his true love gone away. He calls her a "credit to her sex". A beast transforms. The plot thickens. "Undone," Meloy repeats like "The Sweater Song". Somebody shouts. YEEAARRGH.Stream:> The Decemberists: "The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone)"[from The Hazards of Love; due 03/24/09 on Capitol]
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Last week, the Decemberists released As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, their first album in six years. The folk-rock band took the new songs “Burial Ground,” “All I Want Is You,” and “Long White Veil” to CBS’ Saturday Sessions this morning to celebrate.
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Earlier this year, the Decemberists announced their new album As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again. So far we’ve heard “Burial Ground,” “Joan In The Garden,” and “All I Want Is You,” and today the folk-rock ensemble is back with “Oh No!”
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In February, the Decemberists returned with the song “Burial Ground.” The following month, the folk-rock band announced their new album As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again and shared the 19-minute single “Joan In The Garden.” Today, they’re back with “All I Want Is You.”
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They have also shared the 19-minute single titled ‘Joan In The Garden’The post The Decemberists announce new double album ‘As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again’ appeared first on NME.
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Twenty years ago this month, after rising to indie celebrity with a pair of well-received albums in quick succession, the Decemberists released The Tain, an EP comprising one nearly 19-minute song split into five movements. “The Tain” leaned hard into the literary folk-rock band’s prog-rock tendencies, foregrounding...
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