Colin Meloy Sings Live!
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Colin Meloy
Colin Meloy Sings Live!
[ Rough Trade Records / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 5 May 2008
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Sings Live!' presents Meloy in a stripped-down, acoustic setting, leading his audience on a spellbinding walk through his work.
"One of the most interesting writers in modern pop."
- The Guardian
"An enormous folk-prog monsterpiece."
- Pitchfork
'Sings Live!' is a 14-song set culled from recordings of Colin Meloy's (The Decemberists' lead singer and songwriter) '06 US solo tour, and is released on UK-based Rough Trade Records.
By contrast to his almost bombastic indie-rock jangle of old, 'Sings Live!' presents Meloy in a stripped-down, acoustic setting, leading his audience on a spellbinding walk through his work thus far and providing a glimpse of new material.
'Colin Meloy Sings Live!' includes songs from his first band, Tarkio, as well as from a clutch of The Decemberists' albums, while, of the 13 Meloy originals, two are previously unreleased - "Dracula's Daughter" and "Wonder".
Along the way, he drops snippets of songs from The Smiths, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and REM, performs a version of the traditional folk song Barbara Allen and also captures ample good-natured between-songs banter. The cover features a portrait of Meloy, by Carson Ellis, the frequent and hugely talented Decemberists illustrator.
Tracks:
1. Devil's Elbow
2. We Both Go Down Together
3. Evoking a Campfire Singalong
4. The Gymnast, High Above the Ground
5. Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect > Dreams
6. Dracula's Daughter
7. Wonder
8. A Brief Introduction to Shirley Collins
9. Barbara Allen
10. The Engine Driver
11. On the Bus Mall
12. A Skull, a Ship, and a Sheep
13. California One / Youth and Beauty Brigade > Ask
14. The Bachelor and the Bride
15. A Cautionary Song
16. Red Right Ankle
17. Bandit Queen
