Musical Notes
In a frenzy of excitement over the impending release of The Decemberists' latest effort, I went ahead and pre-ordered The Hazards of Love from their sales site. The disc arrived last week, and I guess I got in under the cut-off, as there was an autographed lyrics-insert thingy included in the package. Oh, the fan-girling thrill!
I've only managed to listen to it once through so far - it's one of their quirky folk-rock-operetta things, and really should be listened to in one sitting for full effect - so I haven't formulated a strong opinion on it yet. It's obviously not going to spawn a lot of singles... I think "The Rake's Song" may be the ONLY candidate for radio play on the whole thing.
On a related note, does anyone have any notion why they even BOTHER putting the lyrics into those itty-bitty booklets with the CDs? I mean, the text is so small as to be illegible. I really appreciate that the band had a PDF of the booklet posted so people could resize and actually read the damn thing.
...and in the Distant Early Warning division, the 2009 XPoNential Music Festival on the Camden waterfront is scheduled for July 24 through 26. No word on artists scheduled, yet... will post as info becomes available.
I've only managed to listen to it once through so far - it's one of their quirky folk-rock-operetta things, and really should be listened to in one sitting for full effect - so I haven't formulated a strong opinion on it yet. It's obviously not going to spawn a lot of singles... I think "The Rake's Song" may be the ONLY candidate for radio play on the whole thing.
On a related note, does anyone have any notion why they even BOTHER putting the lyrics into those itty-bitty booklets with the CDs? I mean, the text is so small as to be illegible. I really appreciate that the band had a PDF of the booklet posted so people could resize and actually read the damn thing.
...and in the Distant Early Warning division, the 2009 XPoNential Music Festival on the Camden waterfront is scheduled for July 24 through 26. No word on artists scheduled, yet... will post as info becomes available.