Picaresque [CD]

DESCRIPTION In the past two years, The Decemberists have gone from unknowns outside their native Portland to success via critical praise, impressive sales, and packed houses. This is their fullest sounding releae yet. They blaze through more instrumental variations than can be listed here for a heightened urgency and depth to the sharply written lyrical scenarios. Tracks 1 The Infanta 2 We Both Go Down Together 3 Eli, the Barrow Boy 4 The Sporting Life 5 The Bagman's Gambit 6 From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea) 7 Sixteen Military Wives 8 The Engine Driver 9 On the Bus Mall 10 The Mariner's Revenge Song 11 Of Angels and Angles

• Format: CD
• Genre: Rock