culturebully.com - 1/16/2009
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The driving, bouncy acoustic guitar, coupled with the lyrics announcing the 21 year-old narrator’s recent marriage, sets a lighthearted tone at the outset of the new Decemberists single “The Rake’s Song,” from the forthcoming full-length The Hazards Of Love . But that ...
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stereogum.com - 1/16/2009
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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 ...
New Decemberists - "The Rake's Song"
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Download: The Decemberists - ‘The Rake Song’
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... the guys have decided to put up their first single, “The Rake’s Song,” off the upcoming “The Hazards of Love,” for free/legal download. The songs loopy acoustic string guitar puts you in a sorta hypnotic trance, as the band’s lead vocalist, Colin Meloy, narrates a tale of romance, fatherhood and despair. It’s not titled The Hazards of Love for nothing, you know. Oh, and the LP’s out on March 24th. [via Culture Bully] ...
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