Artists
Fronted by the highly accomplished songwriting acumen of Colin Meloy, The Decemberists were formed in 2000 when Meloy left his band Tarkio in Montana and moved to Portland, Oregon. The band’s 2001 self-released debut EP 5 Songs was quickly reissued through Hush Records and full debut Castaways and Cutouts followed a year later. Breakthrough arrived two albums later with the divine Picaresque, prompting the band to trouble the Billboard top 20 two albums later again with 2009’s Hazards Of Love.
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 Up until this point in The Decemberists’ career, Colin Meloy has contained his storytelling into sole songs that are tied together by themes of self-deprecation and melancholia. The results are devastating. Picaresque, released in 2005, was the breakthrough record for the Portland-... |
