Long Live the King - EP
The Decemberists
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E. Watson | The Decemberists | 3:31 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Foregone | The Decemberists | 4:07 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Burying Davy | The Decemberists | 4:22 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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I 4 U & U 4 Me (Home Demo) | The Decemberists | 3:36 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Row Jimmy | The Decemberists | 6:40 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Sonnet | The Decemberists | 2:56 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 6 Songs |
iTunes Review
Anything Decemberists singer Colin Meloy touches turns tragic. It’s in his delivery. Notes drop lower, and an ominous mood trickles in. These six tunes (cut during the sessions at Oregon's Pendarvis Farm for their acclaimed The King Is Dead release) further the group’s newfound roots influences. “E. Watson” plays like an ageless folk ballad, with backing vocals from Laura Veirs and Annalisa Tornfelt. “Foregone” throws on the country-rock influences, with pedal steel guitar lighting the way. “Burying Davy” builds to near progressive rock heights with guitars that replicate the '70s FM-radio experience. Even the earnest quick shuffle of the home demo for “I4U & U4ME” has a sense of hangover pervading its sense of joy, while their cover of The Grateful Dead’s “Row Jimmy” lurches with the decadent sway of early-'70s countrified Rolling Stones and “Sonnet” kicks in with a horn section. The group's firing on all cylinders here. For a collection of b-sides, this is pretty much essential listening.
Customer Reviews
Grateful for the Dead tune!
First Review! It is so great that The Decemberists covered the Grateful Dead. What an interesting take on Row Jimmy. This collection of tunes sound like the songs that would have made The King Is Dead a little less main stream sounding. Don't get me wrong. The King Is Dead is great and franlkly all the songs on this EP sound worthy of being released on a full lenght album. Colin and the gang have done it again.
thanks
Its hard to not buy all the albums this band puts out. when i herd this one was out i didnt even preview it.
Mmmm leftovers...
When a band releases an EP a few months after they have released a full-legnth album, it usually means they are spoon feeding us the leftovers (songs that didn't make the cut for the album) Which usually means they just aren't that good. But in the case of the Decemberists EP Long Live the King, the leftovers are very tasty.
The standouts here are the very catchy I 4 U & U 4 Me and a very cool cover of Row Jimmy by The Grateful Dead.
Biography
Formed: 2000 in Portland, OR
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s, '10s
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- $6.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Pop, Rock, Adult Alternative, Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
- Released: Oct 28, 2011
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