This is for a fantastic album. They have changed direction and yet there is no mistaken that it is the Decemberists. 

Also on a side note, for bare bones rock and roll the new Social Distortion is fantastic. 

 michael 

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"


--- On Fri, 1/7/11, Michael Adelsheim <madelsheim@adelsheimvineyard.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Adelsheim <madelsheim@adelsheimvineyard.com>
> Subject: The upcoming Decemberists album - The King is Dead
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Date: Friday, January 7, 2011, 8:13 PM
> NPR is streaming the whole album at
> the below link.  I've only listened
> to three songs so far, but it kinda marks a new direction
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> search has more than a touch of Americana, and bringing in
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