The Decemberists

chris01

Any fans?

I just got their album, only heard the first half of it but its pretty good.
Some of it sounds a bit too close to The Stranglers though, not that they're bad, it just sounds like covers.

3sheets

yeah, the Crane Wife is a pretty solid album. i found it used, so it was a pretty inexpensive, but worthwhile purchase. i still can't get enough of their single "O, Valencia". What a great, catchy pop song. I think O, Valencia, Pillar of Salt (The Thermals), and Incinerate (Sonic Youth) were my 3 favorite singles from last year.

boroff89

The Decemberists are outstanding. I love the new album, but all of their older stuff is great too.

off_the_record

boroff89 wrote:

The Decemberists are outstanding. I love the new album, but all of their older stuff is great too.

agreed. castaways and cutouts is fantastic.

Tek Money

The Crane Wife is one of the best albums I have ever heard.

I have been catching up on their music and I have to say it is all really good. I can't wait to see them live.

soulsinging

i am obsessed with the crane wife. im going to see them in april. ive downloaded some of their older stuff but dont enjoy it as much as the latest one. at least not their first album (whichever one that is).

Pearl Jam and toast

Good band..

but my god are they overrated. People treat them like the fucking Beatles and they don't deserve it. They get boring and a lot of their stuff sounds the same. They're good but for fucks sake be real. They aren't great.

orig_long red

good album so far....not sure if it has staying power just yet.

chris01

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

Good band..

but my god are they overrated. People treat them like the fucking Beatles and they don't deserve it.

I agree with you there, poor bastards being compared to The Beetles. lol jk.

I acutally didnt even know they had older albums since i only heard of them a few weeks ago.
Craine Wife is the only one i had heard of. Ill have a look for older ones.

Tek Money

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

Good band..

but my god are they overrated. People treat them like the fucking Beatles and they don't deserve it. They get boring and a lot of their stuff sounds the same. They're good but for fucks sake be real. They aren't great.

I don't know who is treating them like the Beatles. I haven't met a lot of people who even know about them. I happen to think they are great. It's all in opinion. Don't pretend like yours is the only right one.

Pearl Jam and toast

Tek Money wrote:

I don't know who is treating them like the Beatles. I haven't met a lot of people who even know about them. I happen to think they are great. It's all in opinion. Don't pretend like yours is the only right one.

I could break it down and write a thesis paper on why they're overrated.

Maybe they aren't as known in England, but everyone here seems to be in love with them.

Tek Money

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

I could break it down and write a thesis paper on why they're overrated.

Maybe they aren't as known in England, but everyone here seems to be in love with them.

What makes you think I live in England?

Pearl Jam and toast

Tek Money wrote:

What makes you think I live in England?

whoops i meant Canada

I saw london

Tek Money

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

whoops i meant Canada

I saw london

Yeah I am in the fake London

Back on topic: All I know is I have read reviews praising their album, and I have read reviews saying it was alright. I think it should be praised. It's one of the best I have heard ever. But I can respect that it might not be someone else's cup of tea.

Pearl Jam and toast

Tek Money wrote:

Yeah I am in the fake London

Back on topic: All I know is I have read reviews praising their album, and I have read reviews saying it was alright. I think it should be praised. It's one of the best I have heard ever. But I can respect that it might not be someone else's cup of tea.

They're a good band, I know. I like them. But especially considering some of the albums that have come out in the last year (pearl jam, modest mouse, kings of leon, yeah yeah yeahs, chili peppers, bob dylan, neil young, thom yorke, sonic youth,.. come to mind) they just don't stack up.

Tek Money

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

They're a good band, I know. I like them. But especially considering some of the albums that have come out in the last year (pearl jam, modest mouse, kings of leon, yeah yeah yeahs, chili peppers, bob dylan, neil young, thom yorke, sonic youth,.. come to mind) they just don't stack up.

Well personally I wasn't impressed at all with Pearl Jam's new album. It did nothing for me after numerous tries to get into it. Pearl Jam is being too safe. I think that 'The Crane Wife' is better than all the albums you named.

Tek Money

I mean you can't say that 'The Crane Wife 1 & 2' is not one of the greatest songs ever.

Pearl Jam and toast

Tek Money wrote:

Well personally I wasn't impressed at all with Pearl Jam's new album. It did nothing for me after numerous tries to get into it. Pearl Jam is being too safe. I think that 'The Crane Wife' is better than all the albums you named.

Guess it really is just a 'not your cup of tea' thing. Pearl Jam's album (as well as MM, and parts of all the albums I listed) blew me away.

soulsinging

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

I could break it down and write a thesis paper on why they're overrated.

Maybe they aren't as known in England, but everyone here seems to be in love with them.

really? i havent really heard a peep about them here in chicago. granted, their new album is earning rave reviews, but ive never once heard anything that could remotely be on a par with the mindless praise heaped upon the beatles or... dare i say it... radiohead. on that latter note, you're the last person that should be complaining about a band being given props out of proportion to their body of work

ill agree, they're good, not great. they're a lot of fun. but from what i've heard of the first album, their sound really hasn't changed. which is fine, but it's also why i dont feel compelled to buy their back catalogue.

Todd76

Tek Money wrote:

Well personally I wasn't impressed at all with Pearl Jam's new album. It did nothing for me after numerous tries to get into it. Pearl Jam is being too safe. I think that 'The Crane Wife' is better than all the albums you named.

I think The Crane Wife was EASILY the best album of 2006 and it is definitely one of my favourite albums ever!!!!

"The Crane Wife 1 & 2" tears me up everytime I hear it.....I played this song for a girl at work (who knew nothing about the band - but who has great taste in music) and she broke down in tears - not the reaction I expected BUT it does show (to all you doubters in the "people who dont get indie music" thread) that indie music can be full of raw emotion and passion even with whimpy vocals and without "shredding" guitar solos - the Decemberists aint even remotely boring IMO

.....and this was a band that I knew nothing/very little about before I started hanging out on this board - so to the person who asked (in the "people whos favorite band aint PJ" thread) why someone would hang out here and not like PJ more than any other band (or 25 other bands) on the face of the earth....that is why - the discovery of good music and some good people

janegosford

I thought Colbert already put them in their place?