New Decemberists - "The Rake's Song"

Colin is not fooling with that track title. The first song from the Decemberists' forthcoming The Hazards Of Love LP is a cautionary tale of what happens to a rake when he marries too young. The tale being: his wife dies birthing their fourth child leading Colin to off the remaining "three little pests" (pro tip: feed one foxblood, drown another in a tub, burn the last for incurring your wrath). It's a steamroller by Decemberists standards -- vamping on four chords, roughed up by pounding toms a...

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