I have listened to The Decemberists' The King is Dead endeavouring to get a sense of why this band should be treated seriously. If this were an R.E.M or Tom Petty cover band, I'm sure they'd be pretty good in a hotel bar in Eugene, Oregon, but as a band that wants to sell fresh albums and gig dates, they need to revisit their tedious sound. Maybe some peyote and a month long vision quest might help. Not only is the king dead, so is this album.
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