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    Posted: November 06 2010 at 13:41

Alright, alright, alright! New Decemberists album for to come in the new year, t'would seem...there's already a download on their site (http://www.decemberists.com/) ala "The Rake Song" that sounds a bit like "We Both Go Down Together." You know, that "we can almost do pop" sound they're so fond of...

Comparisons have already been made to various sources, meaning that the single is clearly a Smiths-meets-REM-meets-Dylan affair. I myself am somewhat fond of it already; John Moen really swings on it. 

So, anyway, I suppose this is my attempt at letting my own namesake (that would be Mr. Meloy) piggy back off of my own internet sway (pitiful as it may be). Go, download the single, let it mingle, and let's all hold our respective breaths for the new album. 



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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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Whoah, thanks for the heads up! I'll check it out. Great news. 
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Its a good song, got a nice vibe to it. But better'n The Rake Song? Not guna happen. Just not guna happen.
Stoked for the new album though
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The download doesn't work for me, nothing loads when I click Unhappy
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

The download doesn't work for me, nothing loads when I click Unhappy

Do you not get the "enter email address" bit?
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Thanks for the tip. I'm excited to see they have a new album coming out in January! I'm hoping that the relatively small number of songs mean we'll be getting some long songs a la "The Island"...

As for my vote, I like it better than the Rake's Song, which I thought was one of the weaker points on Hazards.
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Post-89 trash. Period.
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It's good, but I like the Rake Song more. Excited for the next album!
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Originally posted by WalterDigsTunes WalterDigsTunes wrote:

Post-89 trash. Period.

The only period is you.
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We know what the trash really is in this thread. 
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...because the second after the New Year's countdown in '89, all music became trash...

what a load of poo
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Huh. Interesting. I actually prefer it to "Rake's Song," if ever so slightly. 

Walter...ya know...I used to assume that all music past 1979 was sh*t. The band that convinced me otherwise? The Decemberists. JUST sayin'...
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When does this new album come out? Later this year you said? Big smile
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If I might recall my email from the band, as they like me so much because I put myself on their mailing list, they said: 

Quote I suppose you'd like to know the title of the record and when it comes out, this new offering of Decemberist songs. Well, wait no longer: the record will be called The King Is Dead and will be available on January 18th, 2011. That's 1/18/11. If you take away the slashes, that reads 11811. What does that mean? Must you ask? Clearly it is a snowman surrounded by a colonnade of waving banners.

But this is obviously a snowman of no small importance. Perhaps he is the king of the snowmen, returned from far afield to reclaim his rightful mantle, which had been usurped by some lesser snowmen and women. Or maybe he's been laid in state, which would give this oblique album title the slightest tinge of a greater meaning, rather than being just something artful someone thought up, which is the fashion nowdays.

So that's pretty much everything you need to know!
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Points: 21795 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2010 at 22:31
I don't know why... But that really excites me! Big smile
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Hazards really got me hooked on them. Will check out the single, thanks for the news. Looking forward for the album.
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Never heard of em
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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Never heard of em


Are you serious?  When their last album came out it was all anyone could talk about 'round these parts.
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