the decemberists

tpfkabi · **on:** March 24, 2005, 10:12:58 PM

Picaresque is great. I've gotten all three albums in the last month or so and love each one. They're playing in Dallas one week from today. I wondered if anyone has seen them live and how they were?

xerxes · **Reply #1 on:** March 25, 2005, 01:21:35 AM

i like them, they sound like pirates.

Sigur Rós · **Reply #2 on:** March 25, 2005, 02:46:58 AM

I like them too. Though I've only really listened to their new album. I like what's happening in the Canadian music scene.

imawombat · **Reply #3 on:** March 25, 2005, 09:51:35 AM

i haven't seen them live either, but have heard great things from my friends who have caught a show.

A Matter Of Chance · **Reply #4 on:** March 25, 2005, 10:34:30 AM

I really love these guys. I have tickets to their Boston show which is in May, and I am pretty excited.

pete · **Reply #5 on:** March 25, 2005, 10:46:56 AM

yay Boston.

tpfkabi · **Reply #6 on:** April 02, 2005, 12:05:38 PM

the show was pretty good. they reproduce the records pretty much note for note. they played all of Picaresque except for Eli i believe. they played both the Mariner's Revenge Song and The Tain, so that was pretty cool. i hadn't heard the Tain before that, so that was a neat way to hear it. i bought the vinyl with 5 Songs/The Tain. now i'm wishing i had the Tain on CD though. since i own an actual recording i guess that entitles me to download mp3's legally, but unfortunately SoulSeek has changed up or something.

deathnotronic · **Reply #7 on:** April 04, 2005, 09:45:29 PM

This comes out tomorrow, no?

tpfkabi · **Reply #8 on:** April 04, 2005, 10:49:26 PM

Quote from: deathnotronic

This comes out tomorrow, no?

if you're referring to Picaresque, it came out two weeks ago or so in the US.

deathnotronic · **Reply #9 on:** April 04, 2005, 10:52:28 PM

Wow, was I off.

deathnotronic · **Reply #10 on:** April 17, 2005, 11:21:03 PM

Has anyone heard Colin Meloy's old band, Tarkio?

I just got an album of theirs tonight... it's really good.

modage · **Reply #11 on:** April 18, 2005, 09:29:20 AM

i like this album. except for the 2 most piratey sounding songs (The Infanta and Mariners Revenge Song), which i usually have to skip. the rest of it is good though. my cousin had told me about them a few years ago and i think i downloaded a few songs off of Her Majesty and just could not get into it mostly because i couldnt stand the singers voice. but i think the songs are strong enough for most of the new record that it doesnt bother me, and i guess i've also been listening to weirder stuff lately making this seem.... not so weird anymore. my girlfriend remarked as the the REM similarities.

Just Withnail · **Reply #12 on:** April 18, 2005, 05:02:14 PM

I just adore these guys. I actually first heards of them through the Now Playing thread in Real-Life Soundtracks. Few bands have won me over as quick as the Decemberists. No one has mentioned their lyrics, and to ignore them would be a crime. Only Meloy could write a love song piratey, and a pirate song like a love song. Initially I was a tad dissapointed in Picaresque. It grew on me fast, but I'd still range both Castaways & Cutouts and Her Majesty over it.

03 · **Reply #13 on:** May 18, 2005, 09:50:12 PM

Stefen · **Reply #14 on:** May 18, 2005, 11:39:54 PM

I've hung out with them, they are gimicky as fuck. Turn off to the extreme.