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After a career as an author got off to a rocky start, Colin Meloy turned to music and formed The Decemberists. With ornately crafted tales in each song, the band's stories read like Victorian-era vingettes. Complementing the band's lofty lyrical aims is a five-piece chamber pop band that's earned well placed comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel and Belle and Sebastian.

News

Colbert Report Schedules Decemberists Apr 14, 2009
Decemberists Plot Tour Feb 10, 2009
Decemberists Reveal Hazards of Love Track Listing Jan 16, 2009
Decemberists Ready Concept Album Dec 11, 2008
Decemberists Title Next Album Oct 09, 2008
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Interviews

December Revolutionaries
Mar 28, 2005
From university-level creative writing classes to the stage, Colin Meloy and his Decemberists make a career out of bringing a literary thrust to indie rock. That and and also dressing up in fake beards for photo shoots. read more >>

Discography

Castaways and Cutouts (Kill Rock Stars)
Five Songs EP (Hush Records)
Her Majesty the Decemberists (Kill Rock Stars)
Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
The Crane Wife (Capitol Records)
The Crane Wife (Capitol Records)
The Crane Wife (Capitol Records)
The Hazards of Love (Capitol Records)