Album
Long Live The King
2011 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Long Live The King is an Alt/Indie album by The Decemberists, originally released in 2011. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
About
Anything Decemberists singer Colin Meloy touches turns tragic. It’s in his delivery. Notes drop lower, and an ominous mood trickles in. These six tunes (cut during the sessions at Oregon's Pendarvis Farm for their acclaimed <i>The King Is Dead</i> release) further the group’s newfound roots influences. “E. Watson” plays like an ageless folk ballad, with backing vocals from Laura Veirs and Annalisa Tornfelt. “Foregone” throws on the country-rock influences, with pedal steel guitar lighting the way. “Burying Davy” builds to near progressive rock heights with guitars that replicate the '70s FM-radio experience. Even the earnest quick shuffle of the home demo for “I4U & U4ME” has a sense of hangover pervading its sense of joy, while their cover of The Grateful Dead’s “Row Jimmy” lurches with the decadent sway of early-'70s countrified Rolling Stones and “Sonnet” kicks in with a horn section. The group's firing on all cylinders here. For a collection of b-sides, this is pretty much essential listening.
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Tracklist
- 1E. Watson3:31
- 2Foregone4:07
- 3Burying Davy4:22
- 4I 4 U & U 4 Me (Home Demo)3:36
- 5Row Jimmy6:40
- 6Sonnet2:56
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- storytelling
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Adam SchneiderTROMBONE
- Annalisa TornfeltBACKING VOCALS
- Chris FunkELECTRIC GUITAR PEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Colin MeloyACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, VOICE ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOICE ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOICE, TAMBOURINE
- Jenny ConleeELECTRIC PIANO PIANO, BACKING VOCALS PIANO, ORGAN
- John MoenDRUMS DRUMS , BACKING VOCALS DRUMS , TAMBOURINE
- Laura VeirsBACKING VOCALS
- Nate QueryBASS DOUBLE BASS
- Victor NashTRUMPET
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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