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[Monkeydog]

So because I'm bound to make a topic about this album when it does in fact leak...

I LOVE THE RAKE'S SONG

http://decemberists.com/
It was released today, for free.

It's so fucking awesome. It takes the Decemberists's psuedo metal sound from When The War Came and Odalisque and adds some of the scariest scream/moan things I've ever heard and talks about killing babies.

I love it.

Album comes out March 24th, me want now.

[Monkeydog]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...rammes/b00hjnqw

20 minutes in.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh...want...this song definitely has that hint of Led Zeppelin in it.

Or get it:
http://monkeypro.net.....0in Waves.mp3

[Monkeydog]

http://profile.myspa...iendID=17584765

The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)

Album needs to be here nao.

[Monkeydog]

: )

<3

[Monkeydog]

This album really shows how versatile this band is. It doesn't sound too similar to their old stuff, but it's still fucking amazing.

Highlights of the Album

Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)
Children's choir + Sped up versions of the songs before it = Win

The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid + The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise)
The Wanting Comes In Waves / Repaid I already knew was great, The Reprise is even better.

The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All)
It's a really nice song.

Annan Water
My favourite, so fucking beautiful.

The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)
Almost my favourite, also fucking beautiful.

[Arutha]

I love this album so much!

[Monkeydog]

One thing I have decided about this album...you really can't cull a song out of it and expect either the album or the song to be good.

This album, is an album, it is not a collection of songs, you aren't meant to listen to any of things songs by themselves. The whole essence of this album and the songs in it is only really realized if you just take this album like one would take The Tain, as a whole piece.

And I absolutely adore this album for what it is.

[Monkeydog]

For anyone curious of hearing it live:
http://www.npr.org/t...oryId=101397853

Tonight.

Also the album is legally out on iTunes and a few indie record stores.

[Stars]

you guys are krazy with a k. I haven't been this excited over an album release in years, more's the pity :(

[Monkeydog]

Well I was excited since

A) This is their first album in 3 years
B) It's very different than their earlier stuff
C) I heard a bunch of acoustic versions of the songs early last year
D) I love The Decemberists
E) This topic is just because there's a bunch of Decemberists fans on the board who usually come to me when they want news and it's far easier just to make posts about it and direct them to this topic.

But now I have nothing to look forward to. It's kind of disappointing.

[Stars]

haha you don't have to justify the topic or anything, a) you're the boss and b) I was just sayin'.

speakin' of the boss anyone heard the new bruce springsteen album?

[Monkeydog]

speakin' of the boss anyone heard the new bruce springsteen album?

I've heard parts of it, it's not all that great, I think...but then again, only parts.

[Monkeydog]

Bump for no reason.

The Decemberists' are going to appear on The Colbert Report on April 27th.

Last time The Decemberists/Colbert mingled...it was some of the best Colbertness ever. Hopefully this does not fail to reproduce the magic of before.

This is going to be the first time The Decemberists are all there(Only the guitarist, Chris Funk, showed up for the guitar off), and actually perform a song, on his show too.

[Puffin]

:D
Totally have to watch that.

[Monkeydog]

More fun facts:

East India Lanes, a song the crew debuted about a year ago, will be released as a B-Side to The Rake's Song on a single they're releasing just for Record Store Day.

There is also a Hazards of Love song that didn't make it on the record:
http://www.youaintno...e-decemberists/

The one labeled Hazards of Love 3.

Which makes about 4ish unreleased Decemberists songs. (This Hazards, Burying Davy, Zoot, and The Cap Street Girls)

[Monkeydog]

East India Lanes, a song the crew debuted about a year ago, will be released as a B-Side to The Rake's Song on a single they're releasing just for Record Store Day.

http://monkeypro.net...india_lanes.mp3

[Monkeydog]