Double LP Includes 5 Tracks Not On CD!
For two years, the Decemberists have been on an upward arc, finally getting their due and triumphing over the sinister aspects of the music industry. They've gone from unknowns outside their native Portland to success in every column of the rock band tallysheet-critical praise, impressive sales figures, packed houses of adoring fans here and abroad.
Produced by Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie) in a Portland church that was also being used as a daycare center, with "Picaresque" the Decemberists have recorded their fullest sounding release yet, all ambitions fulfilled. The quintet blazes through more instrumental variations than can be listed here, for a heightened urgency and depth to the sharply written lyrical scenarios. "Picaresque" will bowl over the most optimistic fans.
The album comes as a double LP with a 24 page insert booklet packed with pictures and lyrics. Featuring tracks from the acclaimed recent CD, this vinyl release also comes along with 5 added tracks.
Features:
Double LP
24 page insert booklet
5 tracks not found on CD version
Selections:
LP 1
1. The Infanta
2. We Both Go Down Together
3. Eli, The Barrow Boy
4. The Sporting Life
5. The Bagman's Gambit
6. From My Own True Love (Lost At Sea)
7. 16 Military Wives
8. The Engine Driver
LP 2
1. On The Bus Mall
2. Mariner's Revenge Song
3. Of Angels and Angles
"Picaresqueties"
4. The Bandit Queen (With "Dialogue" and "Tap Dancing")
5. Bridges and Balloons
6. Constantinople
7. The Kingdom of Spain (Version Prescott)
8. The Bandit Queen (Version Prescott)
For two years, the Decemberists have been on an upward arc, finally getting their due and triumphing over the sinister aspects of the music industry. They've gone from unknowns outside their native Portland to success in every column of the rock band tallysheet-critical praise, impressive sales figures, packed houses of adoring fans here and abroad.
Produced by Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie) in a Portland church that was also being used as a daycare center, with "Picaresque" the Decemberists have recorded their fullest sounding release yet, all ambitions fulfilled. The quintet blazes through more instrumental variations than can be listed here, for a heightened urgency and depth to the sharply written lyrical scenarios. "Picaresque" will bowl over the most optimistic fans.
The album comes as a double LP with a 24 page insert booklet packed with pictures and lyrics. Featuring tracks from the acclaimed recent CD, this vinyl release also comes along with 5 added tracks.
Features:
Double LP
24 page insert booklet
5 tracks not found on CD version
Selections:
LP 1
1. The Infanta
2. We Both Go Down Together
3. Eli, The Barrow Boy
4. The Sporting Life
5. The Bagman's Gambit
6. From My Own True Love (Lost At Sea)
7. 16 Military Wives
8. The Engine Driver
LP 2
1. On The Bus Mall
2. Mariner's Revenge Song
3. Of Angels and Angles
"Picaresqueties"
4. The Bandit Queen (With "Dialogue" and "Tap Dancing")
5. Bridges and Balloons
6. Constantinople
7. The Kingdom of Spain (Version Prescott)
8. The Bandit Queen (Version Prescott)
