The Decemberists son una banda estadounidense de indie pop, formada en Portland, Oregon. Su nombre deriva de la "Rebelión Decembrista" de 1825 en Rusia, y la temática de sus canciones normalmente trata de historias y personajes ficticios, normalmente mezclado a hechos históricos y siempre manteniendo una línea narrativa.
Actualmente, The Decemberists esta formado por:
Colin Meloy (vocalista, guitarra) Chris Funk (guitarra, multi-instrumentalista)
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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take this palm, follow the lines here are written and script out the rest of your life and feel your fingers falling slack and all folding back
the tainted election, the hole in the sky command what is tried, what is true but without solution, with feet on the ground it won't make a sound 'til you're through so loosen your shoulderblades this is your hour to make due because there on the timberline deep cold november shines through soft and absolute
this quiet serves only to hide you provide in you what I knew, what I knew, it'd come back to you