First Listen: The Decemberists, 'I'll Be Your Girl'
The band's eighth album captures a collaborative spirit that keeps The Decemberists sounding vibrant and alive, even as it delves into themes of futility and darkness.
Every band needs to refresh and reconsider its sound sooner or later, no matter how sharp it's gotten over the course of a long career. Creative stagnation comes for us all, a band whose records have always come bursting with verve and verbosity.
