Castaways and Cutouts is the first full-length album by The Decemberists, originally released on May 21, 2002, on Hush Records and reissued on May 6, 2003, on Kill Rock Stars. The album's title is taken from a lyric of the song "California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade".

The album cover was designed by the Portland artist Carson Ellis, the long-time girlfriend (now wife) of frontman Colin Meloy. She has created artwork for each of the band's albums.

Castaways and Cutouts received mostly positive reviews. The album ranked number 89 on Under the Radar's Top 200 Albums of the 2000s[5] and number 96 on Pitchfork's The 100 Best Albums of 2000–2004 - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7FVgfGtzsA&list=PL6KwzgIePF4Ag82DA3GQ5iirpZC2CpjlX&index=10

#TheDecemberists #KillRockStars #Music #ColinMeloy

The Decemberists, The Crane Wife, 2006 on Capitol

his was the band’s fourth studio LP, and the first on Capitol Records. Production by Tucker Martine and Chris Walla. This album is one I could just leave on repeat for hours (and sometimes do).

Definitely one of my top 20 albums of all time.

My copy via Academy Records in NYC is a 2006 2xLP pressing.

#2000s #2006 #AcademyRecords #Capitol #ChrisWalla #ColinMeloy #Decemberists #NYC #TuckerMartine #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Episode forty-eight is up now! Today's songs are The Crane Wife 1, 2, and 3 by The Decemberists.

I discuss the Japanese folktale that inspired the songs, and why I love the stripped down solo acoustic recording the most.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4V5KC2et9E

#podcast #dailypodcast #pigeon #pigeonsongspod #music #songs #crane #cranewife #thecranewife #japanesefolktales #decemberists #thedecemberists #colinmeloy

On Sunday, Tucker texts, saying that Mike Mills is in town...

https://open.substack.com/pub/colinmeloy/p/studio-diary-part-7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=j8fyi

#music #REM #TheDecemberists #ColinMeloy

#7AlbumsToKnowMe is tough because for the past 25 years or so, I've been listening mostly to a mix of individual tracks, but I'll give it a shot...

- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, #NeutralMilkHotel
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, #TheBeatles
- Quidam, #CirqueDuSoleil
- OK Computer, #Radiohead
- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, #TheFlamingLips
- Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, #TheCranberries
- Colin Meloy Sings Live!, #ColinMeloy

I need some new album recs! #music