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Picaresque at 20: How The Decemberists Made History Cool
Poetic Wax: Music History Hidden in the Grooves
11 minutes 20 seconds
6 months ago
Picaresque at 20: How The Decemberists Made History Cool
By the time The Decemberists released "Picaresque" in 2005, frontman Colin Meloy had been honing his narrative, storytelling style of songwriting for more than half a decade. Despite having dabbled in the theatrical side of indie rock with both Castaways & Cutouts and Her Majesty, Picaresque brought it to a whole new level. This is the story of that album, and how The Decemberists made history cool.
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Poetic Wax is a weekly music history video series and podcast hosted by Andy Fenstermaker, where he digs into the record collection he's been building since the 1990s to uncover the sometimes little known or little told history from within.
