Comments on: Internal Debate: Decemberists, The Hazards of Love

By: Derek Barber

Derek Barber — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:25:33 +0000

I think it’s funny that the only real debate going on in this Internal Debate exists within the comments posted below…

Here’s what I originally wrote:

The Northeast indie turned major label folk-theatre troubadours swing
for the fences (again) and end up with an enigma of a record. While
the seamlessness between tracks is admirable, the result is an
exhausting listen with reprises (“Hazards Of Love 1,2, 3, 4″ and
“Wanting Comes In Waves”) adding little to overall shape. It’s a
soundtrack to a spiderweb story best untangled on stage — not in
earphones. On the plus side, the indie-cameos, melodic guitar-work and
on-point instrumentation provide a much needed distraction from this
slightly misguided effort. For theatre-pop that really works, look no further than last year’s Entanglements by fellow North-easterners Parenthetical Girls.

By: But no one here wants to fight me like you do « Culture Lobster

But no one here wants to fight me like you do « Culture Lobster — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:40:44 +0000

[...] a handful of our reviewers submit shorter blurbs about the bigger albums we tackle on the site. Here is the Internal Debate for Hazards of [...]

By: paul vandemark

paul vandemark — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:17:35 +0000

I don’t dig this album. It’s too long, It is to produced, and too many kids will buy this album and perpetuate tween angst all over the world. The Crane Wife was ok, I am sure they still had a little bit to do with production…Clearly Chris Walla wrote this whole album.

By: Debating The Decemberists « The Hurst Review

Debating The Decemberists « The Hurst Review — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:50:52 +0000

[...] wherein several of the ‘zine’s writers sound off on a particular record. The first installment features a smattering of opinions on The Decemberists’ new album, The Hazards of Love, [...]

By: Scott E

Scott E — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:11:12 +0000

Here, here. I’ll drink to that. Now we just need to get some disagreements going on and we’re golden.

Not that I disagree with the reviews above; “Hazards of Love” is better than it should have a right to be.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:21:48 +0000

This feature is a brilliant idea because of the case in point you mentioned, Matt. Everybody thinks differently, so multiple opinions of a new album–especially one with the apparent hype that White Lies has–give the readers multiple viewpoints to consider before listening to or buying albums from an artist. This is an idea whose time has definitely come.