Hot on the heels of their previous critically acclaimed 2009 The Hazards of Love, the Portland five piece folk outfit is prepping for the release of a new album, recently titled The King is Dead. The upcoming 10 track LP is set to roll out at the beginning of 2011, and will allegedly feature R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck on three songs. Colin Meloy, the band’s frontman, actually stated that the R.E.M. feel will be present…
In a recent gig at Beck’s Festival Bar, in Sydney, The Decemberists played a brand new song, called “Springville.” Someone from the audience caught the song on tape being performed live solely by the band’s frontman Colin Meloy and his beautifully strung acoustic guitar. The sound is very folksy and warm, like much of their previous grand effort had to offer, last year’s critically acclaimed “The Hazards of Love”. Worth noting is that the video…
I simply loved this stunning animated video for The Decemberists “The Rake’s Song” from the very first moment I hit play! It’s all very well put together, revealing a colorful winter landscape, packed with an usual feel good vibe and equally feel good dancing cardboard figurines. The video was was created and directed in Moscow, by Alex Dashino and Varvara Volodina, two second year students studying Moving Image at Central Saint Martins College of Art…
Photo courtesy of Chris Devers. Portland rockers The Decemberists have just announced details of a Fall tour which will begin in Newport, RI at the Newport Folk Festival and end across the Atlantic in the UK at London’s Coronet. The full tour schedule is as follows, 08/01 Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival 08/02 Montreal, Quebec – Osheaga Music & Arts Festival 08/03 Toronto, Ontario – Kool Haus 08/05 Madison, WI – Orpheum Theater 08/06…
The next The Decemberists album is getting near and, consequently, the guys have decided to put up their first single, “The Rake’s Song,” off the upcoming “The Hazards of Love,” for free/legal download. The songs loopy acoustic string guitar puts you in a sorta hypnotic trance, as the band’s lead vocalist, Colin Meloy, narrates a tale of romance, fatherhood and despair. It’s not titled The Hazards of Love for nothing, you know. Oh, and the…
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