Official site with biography, discography, contact information, tour dates, photos, press, merchandise, and links. The decemberists, the king is dead the decemberists albums have been characterized by a wide variety of styles, from indierock minimalism to artrock expansiveness. The decemberists the king is dead 2011, 180g, vinyl discogs. Portland, oregon darlings the decemberists have a new album due in january of next year. Jan, 2011 a fter five increasingly ambitious and intricate albums, concluding with 2009s progfolkrock opera the hazards of love, the decemberists have gone back to their beginnings for the king is dead. The decemberists have often struggled to stand out as one of the better indie rock groups over the last two decades, especially in the last decade. Described as the most pastoral, rustic record theyve ever made by douglas.
Thats just what the decemberists the portland, oregon, band known for its complex storysongs about fairy queens and shapeshifting lovers have done on the king is dead. Jan 18, 2011 ten crisp rootsrock tunes in a mere 40 minutes, the king is dead finds the decemberists in serious coursecorrection mode which is a relief, if also kind of sad. The song this is why we fight reached number 19 on the u. The balance of scenery and sins as well as some jangly guitar work from r. The king is dead by the decemberists an overview of this albums performance on the american itunes chart.
Listen to your favorite songs from the king is dead by the decemberists now. Here we come to a turning of the season witness to the arc towards the sun a neighbors blessed burden within reason becomes a burden borne of all and one. Find similar albums to the king is dead the decemberists on allmusic. Its called the king is dead, was recorded in a barn outside portland, and itll. The king is dead is still a clean and meticulously crafted album.
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Listen free to the decemberists the king is dead radio. There are fewer layers to it but theyre still incredibly rich and colorful. Listen free to the decemberists the king is dead dont carry it all, calamity song and more. The albuma set of 10 concise, countrybased songsmarks a deliberate turn towards simplicity after the bands wildly ambitious and widely acclaimed 2009 songcycle the hazards of love. After releasing the hazards of love, the most complicated, ambitious, and polarizing album of the groups career, the decemberists return with the king is dead, a record that sounds like lost demos from their earliest days.
Described as the most pastoral, rustic record theyve ever made by douglas wolk of rolling stone, the album reached no. The king is dead is a mostlyacoustic set of concise, americanabased songs, that marks a deliberate. Jan 18, 2011 the king is dead is the sixth studio album by the decemberists, released on capitol records on january 14, 2011. Its unencumbered by the prog influences from hazards of love and crane wife and the dramatic stage music of her majesty and picaresque and is much more straight forward and direct and compact. The decemberists the king is dead mp33202011 9 apr. After releasing the hazards of love, the most complicated, ambitious, and polarizing album of the groups career, the decemberists return. Jan 18, 2011 thats just what the decemberists the portland, oregon, band known for its complex storysongs about fairy queens and shapeshifting lovers have done on the king is dead. For context, the decemberists last studio album, 2009s the hazards of love, sold 19,000 copies in its first week.
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The decemberists the king is dead 320 kbps 2011 mp3ville. This record actually sounds like a first generation cd with full loudness wars type compression. Jan 14, 2011 the balance of scenery and sins as well as some jangly guitar work from r. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Listen free to the decemberists the king is dead radio on. The decemberists have announced a release date and title to their hazards of love followup. The last time we heard from the decemberists, on 2009s the hazards of love, they were lost in the dense forest of a proginflected, 17track experimental concept album. The king is dead also doubled the 44,000 units moved by last weeks victors. Raised on a steady diet of morrissey, robyn hitchcock, shirley collins, and fairport convention, the king is dead represents frontman colin meloys first foray into the musical traditions of his homeland, or more specifically, it proves that he. As compared to the bands previous work, which was influenced by the music of the british folk revival, the king is dead was more influenced by traditionally american genres including country. Ten crisp rootsrock tunes in a mere 40 minutes, the king is dead finds the decemberists in serious coursecorrection mode which is a relief, if also kind of sad.
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