The Decemberists - Hazards of Love (3/24/09)

[AtrainV]

Not sure what this is going to be like, exactly. Her Majesty, The Decemberists, Castaways and Cutouts, and Picaresque all had a very similar, very awesome style. However, with The Crane Wife, they went for a more prog-heavy approach and created something of a concept album.

I'm excited to see where this goes, but I'm not sure what to expect.

[Mullen]

http://www.decemberists.com/music.aspx

1. Prelude
2. The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)
3. A Bower Scene
4. Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
5. The Hazards Of Love 2 (Wager All)
6. The Queen's Approach
7. Isn't It A Lovely Night?
8. The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid
9. An Interlude
10. The Rake's Song
11. The Abduction Of Margaret
12. The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing
13. Annan Water
14. Margaret In Captivity
15. The Hazards Of Love 3 (Revenge!)
16. The Wanting Comes In Waves [Reprise]
17. The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)

I haven't listened to it yet, but I'm in the process of downloading.

Anyone heard it? Comments?

[AtrainV]

Threads merged.

[Mullen]

Oh, I never even bothered to look for another thread on it..

Anyways, it seems to sound similar to The Crane Wife and has more female vocals.

I like it and it's certainly worth a listen.

[Bates]

It's a reaaally good concept album, not their best in my opinion though. Also a bit confusing to get the story figured out.

http://firsttube.com/read/the-decemberists-the-hazards-of-love/

[Kow]

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The first single from it.

By far my favorite of their so far, and I absolutely love most of their stuff too. I like how heavy it is.