New Decemberists album first look
Jan. 4th, 2011 12:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
castaliaNPR has posted a preview, by which I mean THE ENTIRE THING, of The Decemberist's new album The King is Dead. It will be available for streaming until the 18th when the album is officially released.
I'm not in love with it yet, certainly not as enamored as I was with Hazards of Love, but there's some interesting stuff here. Notably, Gillian Welch appears as backup singer! Indeed, there's a lot of American folk/bluegrass influence on the album, with harmonica and fiddle playing a big part in the arrangements plus some of those same guitar riffs from the slow bits of Hazards (making it not an entirely opposite sort of album, though they intentionally went in a different direction here).
I am, however, very in love with the "This Is Why We Fight" track, which in the right hands I think would make an AMAZING vid. *adds that to wish list*
I also quite like "Rox in the Box" - some wonderful riffs there and some echoes to older Decemberists songs.
*settles in for another listen*
I'm not in love with it yet, certainly not as enamored as I was with Hazards of Love, but there's some interesting stuff here. Notably, Gillian Welch appears as backup singer! Indeed, there's a lot of American folk/bluegrass influence on the album, with harmonica and fiddle playing a big part in the arrangements plus some of those same guitar riffs from the slow bits of Hazards (making it not an entirely opposite sort of album, though they intentionally went in a different direction here).
I am, however, very in love with the "This Is Why We Fight" track, which in the right hands I think would make an AMAZING vid. *adds that to wish list*
I also quite like "Rox in the Box" - some wonderful riffs there and some echoes to older Decemberists songs.
*settles in for another listen*