http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2009/03/30/record-review-the-hazards-of-love-by-the-decemberists/ News and Criticism on D.C. and Beyond Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:46:45 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2009/03/30/record-review-the-hazards-of-love-by-the-decemberists/comment-page-1/#comment-39679 The Best Kinda Sorta Folk Albums of 2009 - Arts Desk - Washington City Paper Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:30:04 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/?p=4941#comment-39679 [...] listen to Hazards of Love, the Decemberist’s fantastical folk-rock opera, is to observe frontman Colin Meloy in his element: Maidens on horseback and lustful shapeshifters; [...] [...] listen to Hazards of Love, the Decemberist’s fantastical folk-rock opera, is to observe frontman Colin Meloy in his element: Maidens on horseback and lustful shapeshifters; [...]

]]> http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2009/03/30/record-review-the-hazards-of-love-by-the-decemberists/comment-page-1/#comment-24899 The Decemberists at Play: Closing Thoughts on Monday’s Show - Black Plastic Bag - Washington City Paper Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:25:46 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/?p=4941#comment-24899 [...] you may have read here before, I really like The Hazards of Love; by the sixth or seventh listen, it had become for me the [...] [...] you may have read here before, I really like The Hazards of Love; by the sixth or seventh listen, it had become for me the [...]

]]> http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2009/03/30/record-review-the-hazards-of-love-by-the-decemberists/comment-page-1/#comment-18762 Christopher A Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:44:01 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/?p=4941#comment-18762 I don't know man. While they're style does fit a rock-opera well, I just think that the amount of distortion that they use is a bit unwieldy at times (see A Bower Stone, Repaid, and the Rake's Song). It sounds like a kid who just discovered the existence of the gain nob on his amp. When they step away from the distortion they shine in a way that only the Decemberists can... but right now I think it's a step backwards from the Crane Wife. Perhaps I'll change my mind after a few more listens. I don't know man. While they're style does fit a rock-opera well, I just think that the amount of distortion that they use is a bit unwieldy at times (see A Bower Stone, Repaid, and the Rake's Song). It sounds like a kid who just discovered the existence of the gain nob on his amp. When they step away from the distortion they shine in a way that only the Decemberists can... but right now I think it's a step backwards from the Crane Wife. Perhaps I'll change my mind after a few more listens.

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