The Decemberists

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 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.

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

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 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 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 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 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.

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