As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again

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  Diederik

  Zo he, afsluiten in stijl noemen ze dat. Joan in the Garden, met zijn 19 minuten, is niet voor de poes. The Decemberists leveren (eindelijk) weer eens een meesterwerk af. Een avontuurlijke reis vol emotie en muzikaal vakmanschap.

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  Barry

  Decemberists, but with Squirrel Nut Zippers horns at times. Every song is "normal" length…and then we get to the 70's prog rock closer.

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  June 2024 - Albums I have listened to

  Pete Brown

  I'm not quite sure what to make of this album just yet.

  In the first listen, I was not terribly impressed. "It sounds like every other Decemberists album," I said to myself after three or four tracks in. However, that might just be because Colin Meloy always sounds like Colin Meloy.

  I listened to the album again yesterday and this morning and I like it a little better. Most bands tend to get pegged to a particular era and I think the Decemberists have really just never escaped that early- to mid-2000s sound. Their particular brand of chamber pop is really of its era. That is not necessarily bad but I think it can sound a bit precious these days.

  Obviously, I am pretty ambivalent on this album. It is better than I originally thought but I don't think it will stay in any rotation for me. The Crane Wife remains my favorite Decemberists album; the tracks I like best on this one remind me of that album so I would probably be inclined to just listen to that one.