The Decemberists - Always the Bridesmaid: A Single Series, Vol. I-III
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-10-14 04:50:58
The saying goes. “Always the bridesmaid never the bride,” but marital bliss is not nearly as tempting as new material from The Decemberists thus I’m content with
is a series of singles by the Portland artists to help lead up to their 2009 full-length album release entitled
is out October 14th. On one side you have “Valerie Plame,” a bombastic song weighed down by big instruments like trombone and the disparaging lyrics as we learn more about the title lady of many names. On the flip side is the catchy but sad. “O New England.” In this song. Colin Meloy sings of traveling to New England in rekindle a love flame. “This here is the fable of a failed attempt to find new life in a love in the seat of its origin.” However when he gets there he gets scared and realizes it just isn’t going to happen so he sings. “O New England in the face of your empire. I think I’d rather just wait in the car.” I wasn’t a big fan of the harmonies on this one but I loved the lyrics.
drops on November 4th. I feel it is the least interesting of the volumes. “Days of Elaine” is a sunny sounding piano number juxtaposed with reflective and solemn lyrics about failed attempts to fix things. “Sticking With You” is a rather vaudevillian number with its staccato chords. It is just so abrupt it comes off as a amateurish for this band.
will be released December 2nd. Of the three volumes this folkier collection is my favorite. The “empire” referred to in the first volume is again referred to in “Record Year” when Meloy sings. “Because I’m watching it slip away and in the annals of the empire did it look this grey before the fall?” A gut-wrenching cello rounds this number out. More lonely and sad lyrics follow in “Raincoat Song,” where Meloy sings. “And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today. I think it only made it rain more.”
Although some or the volumes are more accessible for listeners’ enjoyment. I would recommend checking out the whole series because you can never have too much of the Decemberists in your music collection.
Tracklisting:Vol. I:01. Valerie Plame02. O New EnglandVol. II:01. Days of Elaine02. Sticking With YouVol. III:01. Record Year02. Raincoat Song
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October 12th / @ Music Hall of Williamsburg. BrooklynOctober 18th @ Johnny Brenda's. PhiladelphiaOctober 19th@ The Blue Note. Columbia MOOctober 20th @ Beaumont Club. Kansas CityOctober 22nd @ Uptown Theatre. Kansas CityOctober 23rd & @ Johnny Brenda's. PhiladelphiaOctober 24th / / @ First Unitarian Church. Philadelphia / @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple. BrooklynOctober 25th @ Bottleneck. Lawrence KSOctober 26th / @ Starland Ballroom. Sayreville. NJ @ World Café Live. PhiladelphiaOctober 28th @The Midland by AMC. Kansas CityNovember 1st @ Slowdown. OmahaNovember 3rd @ the Slowdown. OmahaNovember 6th @ the M Room. PhiladelphiaNovember 8th / @ Music Hall of Williamsburg. BrooklynNovember 14th / @ Wellmont Theatre. Montclair NJDecember 12th w/ and @ Wachovia Center. Philadelphia
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