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May2

The Decemberists – Picaresque

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I’m rarely lacking for a indie-music metaphor, so here goes…

What do you get when you cross Sunny Day Real Estate with “Good Morning, Captain”-esque Slint story-telling with a tasty pinch of Belle and Sebastian and the general musicianship of a Sufjan Stevens and/or the assembled Matt Pond PA?

Well, I’m not sure either, but I think it lands somewhere in the vicinity of The Decemberist’s Picaresque. Good ol’ Jackson Cooper turned me onto them in a veritable landside of indie-music suggestions a couple weeks back. Now that I have had the time to digest the onslaught, I’ve come to the same realization that they are good and should be listened to.

And on the visual front, I suggest this video for their single 16 Military Wives (which borrows unapologetically from Wes Anderson’s Rushmore down to a model U.N.).

filed under General and then tagged as Music
May 2 2005 ~ 10:35 am ~ Comments (2) ~

2 Comments

i (heart) the decembrists.
how are you?

Comment by megan leahy — May 14, 2005 @ 1:43 pm
Hey Megan! How the hell are you?! Me, I’m doing fine. Married, no kids, pushing pixels on the intarweb. Still living in Louisville — you?

Comment by ben — May 17, 2005 @ 9:00 am

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