I expect you think that I should be haunted

[sovay]

Today's sole redeeming feature has been the discovery of the Decemberists' "The Rake's Song," a reasonably hard-rocking murder ballad. The circumstances of its album's conception—inspired by Anne Briggs, going to feature Robyn Hitchcock—also make me happy, but right now not as much as singing headbangingly about infanticide.

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[clarionj.livejournal.com]

I have to check out the Decemberists. You're the second person who has been caught by them. When I try to download here, my computer freezes, so I'll try another route.

Heh, I just found what ohilya had said about them (I save these things--many of your recommendations included--on a growing list): "And The Decemberists have an album, Crane Wife. Get thee to a record shoppe and pick it up as well. You can thank me after you've wept at the beauty of these two albums later." That alone made me want to run out, but I'm trying to be practical these days :) (AND now I'm wondering what the second album was ... I've only the one listed with the quote. Hmmm....)

[sovay]

I have to check out the Decemberists. You're the second person who has been caught by them.

I have loved the Decemberists since I discovered them in 2003—"Leslie Anne Levine" was the first song of theirs I ever heard, and it is still one of my favorites. They are imagistic, storytelling, often macabre, and it is a shame that Edward Gorey is not still around to do their cover art. Their albums are Castaways and Cutouts (2002), Her Majesty the Decemberists (2003), Picaresque (2005), The Crane Wife (2006), and upcoming The Hazards of Love (2009). They have also a handful of EPs—Five Songs (2001), The Tain (2004), Picaresqueties (2005), and Always the Bridesmaid (2008), the last of which I do not own except for the song "Valerie Plame." kraada and I saw them live in New Haven once and they were phenomenal. You should listen to them!

(And if sendspace continues to freeze your computer, let me know and I'll see if I can send you songs some other way.)