Are the Decemberists on a 1-a-year clip?

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:25 pm

Nobody releases an album a year anymore!
And they've all been GOOD, too!

Good for them!
Hooray for The Decemberists!

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

my love for the decemberists began and ended with castaways and cutouts. haven't liked anything since.

(sorry to rain on your parade, todd. i'm happy that you're happy that they're putting out boatloads of albums.)

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

PimpTodd Wrote:

Nobody releases an album a year anymore!
And they've all been GOOD, too!

Good for them!
Hooray for The Decemberists!

eh... i think they're tremendously mediocre and have written the same song at least a dozen times. some of their singles have been good, though. but, if you can stand listening to an entire album of meloy's voice over the same rhythms over and over, big ups.

Timis · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:36 pm

should have changed it to

ShrimpTodd

but i agree w/your secemberists comment

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:38 pm

Z Wrote:

PimpTodd Wrote:

Nobody releases an album a year anymore!
And they've all been GOOD, too!

Good for them!
Hooray for The Decemberists!

eh... i think they're tremendously mediocre and have written the same song at least a dozen times. some of their singles have been good, though. but, if you can stand listening to an entire album of meloy's voice over the same rhythms over and over, big ups.

It's not only the voice and rhythms, but also the word "parapet".

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:40 pm

I think I may like them more than I care to admit, but then I just admitted it.

still not great live though

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:40 pm

James and Jasmine: Have you heard the new one (The Crane Wife)? It's actually a bit different than the others. Sure, Melloy's voice is still there, but there is no saying that this is the same-old-same-old.

Before this new one, although I am a fan, I could agree with your sentiments.
But...
Damn this new one is good.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

maybe i'll give it a chance. i haven't been interested in them for awhile now.

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:44 pm

I hope they keep it up. I love the Decemberists.

P.S. They were damn good live when I saw them.

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

Z Wrote:

maybe i'll give it a chance. i haven't been interested in them for awhile now.

i lost interest on july 17, 2005.

todd, i haven't heard the new album.

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:54 pm

PimpTodd Wrote:

Nobody releases an album a year anymore!
And they've all been GOOD, too!

The Coral do, and they've all been ace (even though Elephantstone disagrees

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

red Wrote:

Z Wrote:

maybe i'll give it a chance. i haven't been interested in them for awhile now.

i lost interest on july 17, 2005.

ah yes, i remember that... then again, i think i would've lost some interest in anyone put in that position after what we'd witnessed a half-hour prior.

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

Z Wrote:

red Wrote:

Z Wrote:

maybe i'll give it a chance. i haven't been interested in them for awhile now.

i lost interest on july 17, 2005.

ah yes, i remember that... then again, i think i would've lost some interest in anyone put in that position after what we'd witnessed a half-hour prior.

i couldn't remember the date (surprise, surprise) and went back through your flickr to look for lsf pictures. i almost cried when i saw the half nude photos of tim harrington. i love that guy.

oh, forward the decemberists link to me. todd said.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

yeah and all their albums are good - pretty amazing. ive only seen them live twice but were excellent both times. got this jaded portland crowd excited, even, not an easy feat.

e-stone · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:44 pm

you guys really need to check out that tarkio album from earlier this year. 2 cd's of colin's pre-decemberists band from montana. as good as anything on castaways and cutouts.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:45 pm

PimpTodd Wrote:

Nobody releases an album a year anymore!
And they've all been GOOD, too!

Good for them!
Hooray for The Decemberists!

are you including "picaresqueties" in your calculation?

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:46 pm

elephantstone Wrote:

you guys really need to check out that tarkio album from earlier this year. 2 cd's of colin's pre-decemberists band from montana. as good as anything on castaways and cutouts.

Timis · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:48 pm

elephantstone Wrote:

you guys really need to check out that tarkio album from earlier this year. 2 cd's of colin's pre-decemberists band from montana. as good as anything on castaways and cutouts.

ummm why are you holding out on us?

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:52 pm

According to Katie's interview with Colin, they had 22 songs to pick from. If that's true, I ask you, how did a snoozer like "You'll Not Feel the Drowning" end up on the new album?

e-stone · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:55 pm

Timis Wrote:

elephantstone Wrote:

you guys really need to check out that tarkio album from earlier this year. 2 cd's of colin's pre-decemberists band from montana. as good as anything on castaways and cutouts.

ummm why are you holding out on us?

i'm still bitter that the thread i started on this when the album came out got 2 responses.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:59 pm

[tarkio is 27 songs on emusic... that's $6!]

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

elephantstone Wrote:

Timis Wrote:

elephantstone Wrote:

you guys really need to check out that tarkio album from earlier this year. 2 cd's of colin's pre-decemberists band from montana. as good as anything on castaways and cutouts.

ummm why are you holding out on us?

i'm still bitter that the thread i started on this when the album came out got 2 responses.

perhaps if you put the word "pimp" in your name, your thread would've gotten more attention.

just a suggestion.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

elephant pimp

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:04 pm

<--- ShrimpPimp

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:06 pm

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