How time flies. It's been four years since the Decemberists enchanted their fans with "What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World". But some songs of the last album last so long that it didn't feel that long at all, especially since the waiting time was shortened very profoundly with the EP "Flora Songs" and the side project "Offa Rex". On their new CD, the band from Portland, Oregon, is now completely repositioning themselves. Not personnel, but sound. The songs go away from folk and approach the glamrock of the Seventies between T.-Rex and Gary Glitter, reminding partly of Giorgio Moroder and sometimes of well produced pop mainstream. From time to time the usual Folk-Esprit also flashes up. Colin Maloy is always good for a surprise.
LED ZEPPELIN - The last flight of the Zeppelin: the history of "Physical Graffiti" in the
mid-seventies Led Zeppelin had reached its second artistic zenith and documented this in a unique way with "Physical Graffiti", the band's only double album. Until today it is Robert Plant's favourite record with the group, probably also because the formation before and after has never been more expressive and multi-faceted. Released on February 24, 1975, "Physical Graffiti" was the first record in rock history to achieve platinum status through pre-orders alone.
The Decemberists are not a band like any other. Where other rock groups simply record song albums at regular intervals, the US-Americans tell stories. Fables of crackling colour and seductive beauty, which can be traced back without the slightest doubt to their narrators. Her latest, shrill and colourful fairy tale book is entitled "What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World". And as much as the Decemberists are different from other bands, the new CD varies as much from the band's earlier records. Colin Meloy and his Decemberists have made a not inconsiderable change of direction on their latest record.
