I’ve liked each album from The Decemberists more than the last, so I have high hopes for their upcoming Down By the Water. Stereogum has posted the title track here and I like it quite a bit.
The Decemberists performing “Down by the Water” on Conan. The more I hear it, the more I really like this song.
NPR is streaming the new Decemberists album, The King is Dead, here.
Simply put: I love this. Perhaps the best record by The Decemberists yet!
The Decemberists, “This is Why We Fight”
…in which Colin Maloy lets his inner Morrissey fly wild and free!
Don’t believe me? Here’s some lyrical comparisons:
Maloy: Come attrition / Come the reek of bones / Come attrition / Come hell
Morrissey: Come, come, nuclear bomb (“Everday is Like Sunday”)
Maloy: When we die / We will die / With our arms unbound
Morrissey: There is no-one on earth I’m afraid of / And I will die with both my hands untied (“Irish Blood, English Heart”)
Maloy: So come to me / Come to me now / Lay your arms around me
Morrissey: You don’t understand, and yet you can / Take me in your arms and love me (“The World is Full of Crashing Bores”) or Crash into my arms… (“Jack the Ripper”) or All I ask of you is one thing that you never do / Would you put your arms around me (“Tomorrow’) [Morrissey really wants a hug.]
In short: I would pay Real American Dollars to hear Morrissey duet with Colin Maloy.
Colin Meloy performing “The Crane Wife 1, 2, & 3” live on KEXP.
