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The Decemberists are a rock band from Portland, Oregon|Portland, Oregon, United States, fronted by singer/songwriter Colin Meloy. The other members of the band are Chris Funk (guitar, multi-instrumentalist), Jenny Conlee (hammond organ, accordion, melodica, piano, Keyboard instrument|keyboards), Nate Query (bass guitar, string bass), and John Moen (Drum kit|drums, Backing vocalist|backing vocals, melodica).
The band's debut Extended play|EP, ''5 Songs (The Decemberists EP)|5 Songs'', was self-released in 2001. Its fourth full-length album, ''The Crane Wife'', was released on 3 October 2006 by Capitol Records, and is the band's first appearance on a major label.
Musical style
The band's songs range from upbeat pop to instrumentally lush ballads, and often employ instruments like the accordion, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer organ, and Double bass|upright bass. In its lyrics, the band eschews the angst and introspection common to modern rock, instead favoring a storytelling approach, as evidenced in songs such as "My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist" from the ''5 Songs'' EP and "The Mariner's Revenge Song" on ''Picaresque (album)|Picaresque''. The band's songs convey tales ranging from whimsical ("The Sporting Life") to epic ("The Tain") to truly dark ("Odalisque"), and often invoke historical events and themes from around the worl... read all
