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The King Is Dead

The Decemberists

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Customer Reviews

Great

Not often I buy a whole album just on a preview but thought this was great on the snippets I heard.
It's like Mumford and sons mixed with the Kings of Leon.

A little bit country, a little bit rock n roll

I bought this album on pure speculation after I saw it advertised on iTunes. Wow, what a great find. It's hard to describe their style, but if you like Seth Lakeman or Mumford & Sons mixed with hint of Molly Hatchet & Deadwood, you're in the right ball park. Great lyrics, great riffs - definitely worth a punt.

Hmmm - vaguely reminiscent of something...

Why am I humming Take it Easy by The Eagles after listening to some of this? This is fine stuff, easy to take to on the first listen, it will no doubt be a good one for singing along with as well as one to listen in quiet and reflect on what it says. Worth my pennies and yours

Biography

Formed: 2000 in Portland, OR

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '00s, '10s

Led by Montana native Colin Meloy, the Decemberists craft theatrical, hyper-literate pop songs that draw heavily from late-'60s British folk acts like Fairport Convention and Pentangle and the early-'80s college rock grandeur of the Waterboys and R.E.M. The band's initial lineup also included drummer Ezra Holbrook, bassist Nate Query, keyboardist/accordionist Jenny Conlee, and multi-instrumentalist Chris Funk. Frontman Meloy had previously devoted some time to an alternative country group before...
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