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Music: The Decemberists
Left to right: Nate, John, Colin, Jenny, and Chris.
We are two mariners,
Our ships' sole survivors,
In this belly of a whale.
Its ribs our ceiling beams,
Its guts our carpeting,
I guess we have some time to kill.
The Decemberists, "The Mariner's Revevenge Song"

Most bands write songs about How Much I Love You Babe, songs that go verse-verse-chorus-verse-chorus with nice regular chord structures, maybe throw in a neat guitar solo in the middle and a fade-out ending, you know, something like that.

Most bands are not the Decemberists.

Colin Meloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query, and John Moen form the band's current rotation, with Meloy, Funk and Conlee being the only original members remaining in the band (the band's best known former member is drummer/vocalist Rachel Blumberg who was a member of the band between Her Majesty and Picaresque). The songs, penned and sung by Meloy, vary from quirky, introspective pop about filicide to rollicking ballads about pirates and gypsies. (There is a disproportionate amount of drowning.) Meloy often employs the narrative form, creating baroque tales from the perspective of lovers, soldiers and sailors.

Discography:
  • 2001 - 5 Songs EP
  • 2002 - Castaways and Cutouts
  • 2003 - Her Majesty
  • 2004 - The Tain EP (based on the Irish story Táin Bó Cúailnge or Cattle Raid of Cooley)
  • 2005 - Picaresque
  • 2005 - Picaresqueties EP
  • 2006 - The Crane Wife: Humorously called "The best Jethro Tull album since Heavy Horses".
  • 2008 - Always The Bridesmaid singles series
  • 2009 - The Hazards of Love
  • 2011 - The King Is Dead

As of 2011, Colin Meloy has added novel writer to his list of accomplishments, having written the young adult novel WILDWOOD and its sequel, Under WILDWOOD.


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alternative title(s): The Decemberists
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