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The Decemberists: ''The Crane Wife''
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Out of 60 votes - Similar Artists: Death Cab For Cutie, Neutral Milk Hotel, Matt Pond PA
Out of 60 votes
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
- Genre: Rock & Pop » Pop/Rock
Editor's review
Colin Meloy--leader of the Decemberists--has a twisted and charming approach to music, like that of an 18th-century expatriate finding his way through the back alleys of Barcelona. Ornate arrangements full of Baroque instrumentation, not to mention lyrics containing words like "pantaloons," help transport these chamber-pop songs back to the old world.
Biography
Decemberists songwriter and frontman Colin Meloy first came across the story of The Crane Wife several years ago, in the children's section of a bookstore in Portland. A venerable Japanese folk tale that has been handed down in countless variations and translations through the centuries (as venerable folk tales are wont to do), the deceptively simple story has stayed with Meloy ever since. "I thought that it would be a great thing to try to put it to some sort of song form, be it a single tune or something longer," he recalls. "So I struggled with that for years until finally I realized that it just needed more parts and set about building those." (more on decemberists.com)
