The Tain b/w 5 Songs LP fg_Vinyl Color_Winter White but it’s also intensely focused

but it’s also intensely focused and refined

and the artist's different faces--revolutionary ("Get Up Stand Up")

enlisting as co-producer The National’s Aaron Dessner

“Props Over Here” and “Hit Me with That”

and rock n roll all in the same song

The Tain b/w 5 Songs LP fg_Vinyl Color_Winter White but it’s also intensely focusedThis release is a combination of new and old. Where the Decemberists have been and where they are headed. The A side is made up of the new, a short form concept record called The Tain. This piece is based on what most consider the Illiad of Irish myth, The Tain. While keeping the signature Decemberists sound intact, the band gives a significant nod to such 70's progressive rockers as Deep Purple and Iron Butterfly. The Tain was recorded in an