The Decemberists What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
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WatchItExplode
January 28th 2015


10523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Shiranui, you might be thinking of Yankee Bayonet off The Crane Wife. At least that is the song Philomena made me think of due to its rediculous popiness.

Sowing
Moderator
January 29th 2015


44590 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Thank you, it's been bugging me what other Decemberists song it reminds me of.

braxndnew
January 29th 2015


18 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I need to listen to this a few more times, but I think The Singer Addresses His Audience is a great opener

Sowing
Moderator
January 29th 2015


44590 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I love it as an opener, it actually is one of my top 5 songs from this. However, stylistically, it's very misleading.

Feather
January 29th 2015


10603 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

If Sowing likes it, surely I will like it. Great review, looking forward to giving this a listen later tonight or tomorrow.

TwigTW
January 29th 2015


3939 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This is growing on me fast--nice to feel excited about the Decemberists again.

WatchItExplode
January 29th 2015


10523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Nice to see so many digging this. It really is a great little album.

Waior
January 29th 2015


11778 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I get more of a billy liar vibe from philomena

Sowing
Moderator
January 30th 2015


44590 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I can see that too...it is easily comparable to any of their poppy songs, tbh.

Gyromania
January 30th 2015


37552 Comments


i love the decemberists but i never feel in the mood to listen to them. they're kind of like the bbq flavour chips of indie rock: i never seem to want them until someone puts them in front of me, and then i'm like 'oh hey these are actually pretty damn good'

Sowing
Moderator
January 30th 2015


44590 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

haha awesome analogy...I never have a problem wanting to listen to these guys though. Or any indie rock for that matter.

Gyromania
January 30th 2015


37552 Comments


cheers :P

i have them playing right now and i'm having a blast! played picaresque earlier and realized how madly in love i am with that album. for whatever reason though i go through these small spurts of enjoyment listening to them and then shelve them for months, sometimes years. so dumb

Sowing
Moderator
January 30th 2015


44590 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Well that's normal though. If I listened to every album I like every week, or even every month, I'd have no time for anything else. It's probably been like 6-8 months since I've listened to TDAG.

Gyromania
January 30th 2015


37552 Comments


yah some things inevitably get left behind, just seems like i leave the decemberists behind more so than any other band i listen to. like, after a while i'll play one of their albums and think it's amazing and that i should be listening to it more often, and then the next day i completely forget about it. it's been a while since i've heard tdag as well, and i said for years that that was my favourite album of all time. i still frequent limousine and you won't know though

Sowing
Moderator
January 30th 2015


44590 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah I get what you mean...I can think an album is amazing but unless I connect to it on a personal level or at least associate it with a memory, it's hard to remember to go back to it.

Feather
January 30th 2015


10603 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This may be the best decemberists album I've heard. Really digging this.

Sowing
Moderator
January 30th 2015


44590 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Sweet, glad there's others who feel the same way

Gyromania
January 30th 2015


37552 Comments


this and picaresque are probably my favourites. i remember really liking the hazards of love too though. and her majesty doesn't get enough love

Feather
January 30th 2015


10603 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I tried years ago to get into several of their albums and had no luck. I was always able to find a few songs that I enjoyed but never as a whole. This I enjoy the entire way through, even on my first listen. It does still have its highlights though (imo Make You Better, Lake Song and The Wrong Year as of now but this is subject to change easily).

klap
Emeritus
January 30th 2015


12410 Comments

Album Rating: 3.3

picaresque and her majesty are my two favorites french



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