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Her Majesty the Decemberists
Rock · 2003 · 11 tracks

Her Majesty the Decemberists

The Decemberists

A theatrical blend of Victorian storytelling and Pacific Northwest indie folk. Ornate, literate, and charmingly eccentric with heavy accordion and nautical themes.

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It's like a Wes Anderson movie set in a Victorian shipyard with better vocabulary.

A whimsical and literate theatricality balanced by moments of quiet, coastal melancholy.

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Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Shanty for the Arethusa
5:38
02
Billy Liar
4:08
03
Los Angeles, I’m Yours
4:18
04
The Gymnast, High Above the Ground
7:13
05
The Bachelor and the Bride
4:13
06
Song for Myla Goldberg
3:34
07
The Soldiering Life
3:48
08
Red Right Ankle
3:29
09
The Chimbley Sweep
2:54
10
I Was Meant for the Stage
7:02
11
As I Rise
2:14
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the creaking nautical drone of the opening shanty into the bright, bouncy strumming of Billy Liar.
The explosive, theatrical climax of I Was Meant for the Stage where the orchestration swells to a vaudevillian peak.
The intimate, skeletal arrangement of Red Right Ankle where the vocals feel whispered directly into the listener's ear.
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