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Prog_Traveller 
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 Topic: Are the Decemberists prog?
Posted: January 09 2011 at 09:23 |
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OK, I'll admit I'm not that familiar with this band. I have heard some of their songs and they sounded like an alternative folky kind of band to me. I know they are well known by non prog fans and in non prog circles which also makes me kind of suspicious. Whenever I see a band mentioned along side all the other indie bands out there it makes me think question a band's prog cred. However, they are listed in this website so there must be something to them that makes them proggy. So just how much of a prog band are they?
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 09:27 |
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Their previous album is (brilliant) prog-folk and that's the one I'd recommend you. Their new one is indie-folk/country, not progressive but still very good.
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 09:43 |
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Yeah. And so are Elephant Revival.
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 12:40 |
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The last two albums are brilliant prog folk. I haven't heard the new one yet, but will get it. There was an interesting article & interview with them in the Guardian newspaper last Friday, with lots of talk about how they have moved more to their American roots and taken quite a lot from REM, to the extent that Buck guests on the album.
Actually, I quite like REM, so I would get it anyway.
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Epignosis
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 12:55 |
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Castaways and Cutouts - Somewhat prog but excellent overall
Her Majesty - Not much prog at all- a good effort
Picaresque - Not much prog at all, but excellent
The Crane Wife - A masterful mix of prog and acoustic rock- check out "The Island" (5 stars)
The Hazards of Love - A prog folk opera with many repeating motifs and themes (5 stars)
The King is Dead - Not prog in any sense of the word, but good country / rock / folk music
The Tain (EP) - definite prog, good stuff.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 12:59 |
We had this argument before in a very long thread didn't we?
Edited by Snow Dog - January 09 2011 at 13:02
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 13:14 |
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We had this argument before in a very long thread didn't we?
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That guy had his mind set when he started his thread 
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POTA
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 13:15 |
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The Island suite from The Crane Wife is one of my favorite prog songs of last decade.
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Matthew T
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 13:49 |
I like em' if thats any help  I have the previous two and from the remarks about the new one almost being straight Alt Country I will be definately in the near future getting the album. 
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lucas
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 14:02 |
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what I heard from them didn't sound prog at all. Rather folky alternative rock.
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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The Quiet One
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 14:57 |
Epignosis wrote:
Castaways and Cutouts - Somewhat prog but excellent overall
Her Majesty - Not much prog at all- a good effort
Picaresque - Not much prog at all, but excellent
The Crane Wife - A masterful mix of prog and acoustic rock- check out "The Island" (5 stars)
The Hazards of Love - A prog folk opera with many repeating motifs and themes (5 stars)
The King is Dead - Not prog in any sense of the word, but good country / rock / folk music
The Tain (EP) - definite prog, good stuff.
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Yeah this, although I haven't listened to them all, I agree with the ones I've heard, those are Hazards of Love, The Crane Wife and Castaways Cutouts. And you're surely right with the rest, I don't doubt that from you, Robert. 
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 14:59 |
Prog_Traveller wrote:
makes me kind of suspicious.
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suspicious?
Edited by Triceratopsoil - January 09 2011 at 14:59
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 15:09 |
Prog_Traveller wrote:
. I know they are well known by non prog fans and in non prog circles which also makes me kind of suspicious. |
So are Radiohead, Muse and many others.
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 16:10 |
As i remember last time we discussed their Prog relevance it lasted 18 + pages, few weeks of arguing, at the end it was hillarious, amusing and everybody were happy  so are they prog, well few albums like The Crane wife, Picaresque, Hazarads of love has a lot of prog moments, last album is not prog in any sense
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The Quiet One
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 16:24 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Prog_Traveller wrote:
. I know they are well known by non prog fans and in non prog circles which also makes me kind of suspicious. |
So are Radiohead, Muse and many others. |
Pink Floyd. King Crimson, yep thanks to that rapper haha.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 17:15 |
The Quiet One wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Prog_Traveller wrote:
. I know they are well known by non prog fans and in non prog circles which also makes me kind of suspicious. |
So are Radiohead, Muse and many others. |
Pink Floyd. King Crimson, yep thanks to that rapper haha. |
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 17:17 |
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For me they aren't so prog.It's an alternative/folk rock band.
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Prog_Traveller
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 17:34 |
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I'm guessing similar threads have been made concerning Radiohead, Umphrey's Mcgee, Pink Floyd and the Moody Blues. :) I'm sure there are many others as well.
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Prog_Traveller
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 18:10 |
Prog Geo wrote:
For me they aren't so prog.It's an alternative/folk rock band.
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To be fair, which albums have you heard by this band?
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: January 09 2011 at 18:15 |
I heard all their albums.
Still don't now if they are Prog or not, but the Prog Folk team says yes and Sean is not easy to convince, so I trust them
Iván
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