JB-052 - The Decemberists:
Castaways And Cutouts LP
*180 GRAM VINYL*

 Side A
Leslie Anne Levine
Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
July, July!
A Cautionary Song
Odalisque
Cocoon

Side B
Grace Cathedral Hill
The Legionnaire's Lament
Clementine
California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade

The players:

Jenny Conlee: Hammond organ, Rhodes piano, regular piano, accordion.
Colin Meloy: Voice, guitars, percussion.
Chris Funk: Pedal steel, guitars, theremin.
Ezra Holbrook: The drums, voice, percussion.
Nate Query: Upright bass.

Produced by The Decemberists

Recorded at Are You Listening by Simon Widdowson. January-February 2002. Mastered at Freq Studios by Ryan Foster. Remastered for LP by John Golden.
Finally available on the beloved LP format, wonderful new artwork by Ms. Ellis, the first few on fancy colored wax. Wow! Now here's what it's all about...
As its title would suggest, Castaways and Cutouts is a record populated with an eclectic array of unlikely characters in various states of abandonment and revelry. While the likes of Spanish gypsies, infant specters, and Turkish prostitutes are not common elements to be found within modern pop music, these figures find ample footing within the songcraft of Mr. Meloy, supported comfortably by the band's lush and orchestral instrumentation. Recorded over a two month period in a warehouse in Portland, Oregon's Industrial Southeast, the record swims gracefully between heart-rending, deftly arranged pop and scrappy off-the-cuff dirge