“The Decemberists are devoted anachronists. So with the pop album completing its evolution into iPod shuffle — mix fodder, it’s the right time for the Portland, Oregon, band to release an old — fashioned prog concept record. True to form, The Hazards of Love brings the glorious excess: There’s strummy British folk rock and heavy […]”
“Always defined by their eccentricities, the Decemberists offer a tangled narrative set to thick stoner-metal sludge and prog-folk arpeggios.”
