It’s been six years since the Decemberists last released an album, a period that you can imagine frontman Colin Meloy describing as “a lustrum and twelvemonth.” It’s the longest interval between LPs so far for the Portland band, and the break seems to have served as something of a reset—one that has resulted in the longest album the group has made to date. It’s also one of their best.
Meloy and company revisit the musical epic here with “Joan in the Garden.” It’s a 19-minute crescendo that builds in intensity until Meloy is practically shouting his vocals into a swirling storm of guitars, synthesizers and crashing cymbals that collapses in upon itself halfway through the track.
. It’s an album full of songs that are distinct from each other, yet of a piece, with a title that feels like a self-fulfilling prophecy. After a fallow period, one of indie-rock’s most rewarding bands has found its way back, and in better shape than before.June 12, 2024 | 5:11pmJune 11, 2024 | 11:00am
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