As an extra birthday celebration of my wife, here is a collection of tracks available by her favorite band of the moment, the Decemberists.
I have many things of which to be thankful, and one is a partner who keeps an open mind to new music. When I started playing the Decemberists' debut ep, she was unfazed either positively or negatively towards the band. Two albums later, she finally saw the band live and the music clicked. Now, the band's CD's follow her to and from work, and I'm happy to have introduced her to something she enjoys.
"Shiny" [mp3] from 5 Songs ep
"The Bachelor and the Bride" [mp3] from Her Majesty The Decemberists
"The Soldiering Life" [mp3] from Her Majesty The Decemberists
"California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade" [mp3] from Castaways and Cutouts
"July, July!" [mp3] from Castaways and Cutouts
"Grace Cathedral Hill" from Castaways and Cutouts
"Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect" [mp3] from Castaways and Cutouts
KUT Interview, 2004-03-19 [real]
Posted by david on October 13, 2004Happy birthday, largehearted wife!
Posted by: Chris Neal on October 13, 2004 02:01 PMHappy birthday.
Also, largeheartedwife, I'm with you, the Decemberists are great. Definitely one of my favorite bands of the moment. Now, if I could only afford their CD's.
Posted by: Mickey on October 13, 2004 03:42 PMHappy birthday. I hope you're having some fun!
My favorite Decemberists track remains to be Shiny, that was the first song I heard from them. I heard their debut album is being re-released on vinyl! Hurray! I would love to have that beautiful artwork on an a nice big album cover.
Posted by: Bubbachups on October 13, 2004 04:11 PMyes...happy birthday!
great songs.....but how about some live decemberists. they seem hard to come by.
thanks, absolutely love the site.
daniel.
Posted by: d on October 13, 2004 05:29 PMHappy late birthday from me, too! Hope it was not on a Friday. ;>
Posted by: Terry on October 14, 2004 10:31 AM