Topic: The King Is Dead (Read 17637 times)

the_pied_piper · « **on:** 02 Nov 2010, 14:45 »

New album from The Decemberists set to roll out in early 2011 called, you guessed it, The King is Dead.

Confirmation here.

New track available for download too, seems like they have gone back to their standard sound so everyone should be happy again.

Melodic · « **Reply #1 on:** 02 Nov 2010, 18:44 »

given the vein of new threads this week, i was expecting to see confirmation that elvis presley was indeed finally deceased.

scarred · « **Reply #2 on:** 02 Nov 2010, 19:15 »

I almost cared about the Decembrists once

Inlander · « **Reply #3 on:** 02 Nov 2010, 21:14 »

Oh, is that what we're doing on this forum now?

De_El · « **Reply #4 on:** 02 Nov 2010, 21:37 »

i didn't want to be a dick but i kind of felt the same way when i saw the thread. nick is a dick so you don't have to be!

KvP · « **Reply #5 on:** 03 Nov 2010, 22:15 »

Quote from: Inlander on 02 Nov 2010, 21:14

Oh, is that what we're doing on this forum now?

Has it ever not been this way

Inlander · « **Reply #6 on:** 03 Nov 2010, 22:17 »

Man I just can't keep track of who the Official Approved Hate Bands are in this place any more.

scarred · « **Reply #7 on:** 03 Nov 2010, 22:21 »

Quote from: De_El on 02 Nov 2010, 21:37

nick is a dick so you don't have to be!

I'm giving back to the community.

scarred · « **Reply #8 on:** 03 Nov 2010, 22:23 »

To be fair, The Crane Wife is a pretty decent album, but The Hazards of Love is so atrocious I can't even

Inlander · « **Reply #9 on:** 03 Nov 2010, 22:41 »

They've still had more hits than misses for me: I love Castaways & Cutouts, Her Majesty, and the Crane Wife (which I think has more than enough highs to compensate for the awful lows of "The Perfect Crime" and "When the War Came"), Picaresque is not bad but not particular exciting and not as coherent as their best albums, while the Hazards of Love is just awful and dull and boring and shitty.

So that's three and a half albums out of five that I really like, which is not bad!

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #10 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 03:46 »

You know what?

Fuck you all.

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #11 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 03:47 »

(Just kidding guys, you're alright really)

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #12 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 03:56 »

But the only Decemberists album that was less than excellent was Her Majesty.

Inlander · « **Reply #13 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 04:39 »

Dude, what? The album that contains "Los Angeles, I'm Yours", "The Bachelor and the Bride", "Red Right Ankle", and "I Was Meant For the Stage"??

Retrospectre · « **Reply #14 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 05:22 »

Hazards Of Love could've been improved with the addition of more "songs".

You know what I mean?

valley_parade · « **Reply #15 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 06:22 »

A lot of them were the same music with different words?

I dunno. I really dug Hazards of Love.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #16 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 06:55 »

Castaways is pretty brilliant I think. Definitely their best. It's weird and kinda scary and their troubadour-hip schtick hadn't gotten sorta stale yet.

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #17 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 09:07 »

Quote from: Inlander on 04 Nov 2010, 04:39

Dude, what? The album that contains "Los Angeles, I'm Yours", "The Bachelor and the Bride", "Red Right Ankle", and "I Was Meant For the Stage"??

Well, Her Majesty does have some great songs, like "Shanty for the Arethusa", "The Bachelor and the Bride", "The Chimbley Sweep" and "Red Right Ankle" but I'm not a fan of the other 2 you mentioned and it contains probably the only Decemberists track that I actively dislike, which is "Billy Liar".

scarred · « **Reply #18 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 11:18 »

BILLY LIAR'S GOT HIS HANDS IN HIS POCKETS

STARING OVER AT THE NEIGHBOR'S KNICKERS, DOWN

HE'S GOT HIS KNICKERS DOWN

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #19 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 11:47 »

David_Dovey · « **Reply #20 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 13:20 »

The Tain, motherfucks.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #21 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 13:23 »

"she's a salty little pisser
with your cock in her kisser"

Wasteroo · « **Reply #22 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 13:29 »

I think the only song on Picaresque that I actually ever listen to is the Mariner's Revenge Song, it is still just as awesome as the first time I listened to it

but yeah, Crane Wife ain't too shabby I guess

Inlander · « **Reply #23 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 15:56 »

Quote from: Jeans on 04 Nov 2010, 07:17

Well gee whiz, I thought I just thought I was kind of ambivalent towards them because The Hazards of Love was kind of boring, but I guess it's actually because tommy or emilio hates them or something.

Must be.

Gridgm · « **Reply #24 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 16:28 »

i really liked them when i saw them live...which is to say i can't comment on their albums cause i still haven't heard any two years later

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #25 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 17:46 »

Quote from: Inlander on 03 Nov 2010, 22:17

Man I just can't keep track of who the Official Approved Hate Bands are in this place any more.

Dude come on! You are like olderish and pretty smart, I think. You should know that you are allowed to like whatever the fuck you want to like and if any of us punk kids gives you hard time about it, you can kill them. or us. whatever

We all hate on shit that we...hate...but really we're not so stupid as to actually have feelings about what other people listen to. It's their choice.

That said, what the heck is a decemberist? It sounds like it would be sad and boring....but I've never heard their music, so I dunno.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #26 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 19:49 »

Well I mean the name comes from a 19th century revolution in Russia but those dudes spell it Decembrist.

Tom · « **Reply #27 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 19:55 »

It's meant to be clever, as in the month and the revolt.

De_El · « **Reply #28 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 20:57 »

Quote from: Tom on 04 Nov 2010, 19:55

It's meant to be clever,

famous last words

Dazed · « **Reply #29 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 21:29 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 04 Nov 2010, 06:22

I really dug Hazards of Love.

Ditto. Also, looking forward to this album.

Dazed · « **Reply #30 on:** 18 Jan 2011, 15:16 »

So this album came out today, and it's good. Much more restrained than their last few outings.

imagist42 · « **Reply #31 on:** 18 Jan 2011, 15:41 »

Yeah, I'm pretty sure we've all orgasmed over it several times already since it leaked last month.

BlahBlah · « **Reply #32 on:** 18 Jan 2011, 15:54 »

BUT HES NOT FORGOTTEN

Inlander · « **Reply #33 on:** 18 Jan 2011, 17:09 »

Why the hell didn't anyone tell me that Gillian Welch was singing on this album? I mean gees.

I've only listened to it twice but I really love it so far. I'm so glad that Colin Meloy's decided to go back to writing songs. Plus close country harmonies never did any song any harm ever. Plus it's Gillian Welch, for goodness sake.

ThePianoMan · « **Reply #34 on:** 18 Jan 2011, 17:18 »

I thought it was pretty meh. Nothing particularly striking.

scarred · « **Reply #35 on:** 18 Jan 2011, 17:47 »

I enjoy it quite a bit, especially "Rox in the Box."

amok · « **Reply #36 on:** 19 Jan 2011, 09:40 »

Hadn't thought about it like that but you're spot on. Its standout tracks aren't quite up there with a select few previous songs, but it's consistently awesome.

Inlander · « **Reply #37 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 02:39 »

Coming back to this because the more I listen to it the more I love it. I'm a sucker for this style of music anyway so that helps, but it's sounding more and more like a "time out" album to me, like they needed to take a breather after Hazards of Love, which they probably did. Plus, I'm becoming more and more convinced that "January Hymn" and "June Hymn" are two of the loveliest songs Colin Meloy's ever written.

squawk · « **Reply #38 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 00:22 »

the first one that jumped out me and the one that continues to get me is "rox in the box", owing solely to the way he sings "and if you ever make it to ten, you won't make it again." i just really like lil' moments and that one particularly stirs me. what a bamf, that colin meloy

imagist42 · « **Reply #39 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 09:40 »

I could not get "Calamity Song" out of my head for three days straight

(when I did, it was replaced by "Rise to Me," which hung around for a day before vacating its position to "Down by the Water")

valley_parade · « **Reply #40 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 10:58 »

The latter of which has been stuck in my head for a solid month now.

Jangly damn guitars. I don't need a 12 string, but I want one.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #41 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 13:25 »

This is the best selling album in the country right now which if you ask me is pretty frickin bizarre

Yayniall · « **Reply #42 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 03:53 »

Haven't really got into it yet, seems a bit dull and now I dunno if i can be arsed seeing them particuarlly as it's in manchester and it'll be all "hurr i love morrissey, hurr queen is dead 25 year anniversary hurr"

cyro · « **Reply #43 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 05:39 »

Quote from: Inlander on 03 Nov 2010, 22:17

Man I just can't keep track of who the Official Approved Hate Bands are in this place any more.

There are Official Approved Hate Bands?

Crap now I may be required to listen to crapy music just to rebel against this.

Kevin.oc · « **Reply #44 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 05:53 »

I visualize all bands and artists in a huge web. There are epicenters are genre but the web is a calculation of many metrics finding the most interesting bands on the far tips of the web straddling 2 different genres. This band feels like it belongs right on the center of the indie web. That is not bad thing par-say but it does limit my interest in them just because they sound kinda like everyone else.

valley_parade · « **Reply #45 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 07:48 »

Quote from: cyro on 27 Jan 2011, 05:39

Quote from: Inlander on 03 Nov 2010, 22:17
Man I just can't keep track of who the Official Approved Hate Bands are in this place any more.

There are Official Approved Hate Bands?

Crap now I may be required to listen to crapy music just to rebel against this.

Animal Collective and Deerhoof, man.

We actually have a QC Anti-Deerhoof Society.

valley_parade · « **Reply #46 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 08:11 »

Here's my deal with Deerhoof:

I honestly think they would be my favorite band if they had a different vocalist. Her voice just grates my ears. Totally ruins an otherwise solid band, imo.

cyro · « **Reply #47 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 08:24 »

I like Animal Collective, never heard of deerhoof.

valley_parade · « **Reply #48 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 08:37 »

Okay, enough of that, back to The Decemberists.

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #49 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 08:47 »

Quote from: cyro on 27 Jan 2011, 08:24

I like Animal Collective, never heard of deerhoof.

Quote from: tuathal on 27 Jan 2011, 08:02

I like deerhoof

Get out of my thread.

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