Posts Tagged ‘picaresque’
Record Review: The Decemberists’ Hazards of Love
The Decemberists’ new folk-rock opera, The Hazards of Love, traces a well-worn arc: Boy meets girl, boy falls for girl, boy loses girl to spawnicidal rake, rake is besieged by ghosts of his murdered children, boy gets girl back, boy and girl drown in turbulent metaphorical river.
Like we’ve never heard that one before.
Read More “Record Review: The Decemberists’ Hazards of Love” »
