The Decemberists

[Goafer]

I found out about them through the longboarding video I posted. They seem pretty good so far.

 

The song from the video:

 

 

This one is my favourite so far though. It's about the singers son, who has autism.

 

 

"Hey Henry, can you hear me?

Let me see those eyes

This distance between us

Can seem of mountain size

 

But boy, you're gonna stand your ground

They rise to you, you blow them down.

Let me see you stand your ground

They rise to you, you blow them down."

 

 

I think they're pretty big in America, but no so much over here. At least not that I know of.

 

 

Edit: Can one of the kind mods change the title to the right spelling please? Mega fail.

Edited June 11, 2011 by Mr_Odwin

[The Peeps]

The Mariner's Revenge Song is my favourite. I've only listened to Picaresque though!

[Mr_Odwin]

I love them. Was introduced to them a little while ago when jayseven referred to them as the Novemberists. Shorty corrected him, and now here I am with a thousand or so listens scrobbled.

 

The Crane Wife is their finest album so far.

[jayseven]

Lol yah :P Shorty's been a fan a long time. Similar vein to Manchester Orchestra / Bright Eyes (in my mental association of bands shorty likes). used to listen to them a lot on my way to work and back last year but haven't in a good while!

[Dannyboy-the-Dane]

I absolutely love Rox In The Box! But not so much Rise To Me, ironically enough. I should really listen to more of their stuff.

[Shorty]

The Crane Wife 3 is one of my favourite songs by any artist, but I've never been a big fan of the band on the whole. On each album I find there's 3-4 songs that I like, and the rest just drone on.

[gmac]

I got into them after the release of Hazards of Love which is one of my favourite albums.

 

Saw them live this year and they were outstanding, Mariners Revenge was great live as they got the crowd to scream when the whale eats them in the song