The Decemberists – What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World | 2xLP (2015)

A warm, eclectic, and deeply satisfying return to form from one of indie rock's most literate and beloved bands. The Decemberists' 2015 Capitol Records album What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World is a richly varied indie folk and chamber pop record that finds the Portland band stepping back from the grand conceptual ambitions of their rock opera period and embracing a more intimate, song-by-song approach with wit, warmth, and melodic generosity — "Make You Better," "The Singer Addresses His Audience," "Philomena," "Lake Song," and "Carolina Low" are standout tracks on the band's seventh studio album, a record that showcases Colin Meloy and company at their most relaxed and assured, delivering fourteen songs of remarkable craft and emotional range. Pressed on two records.

Format: 2xLP | Year: 2015 | Label: Capitol Records | Condition: New | Genre: Indie Folk / Chamber Pop / Indie Rock / Folk Rock

Side A

• The Singer Addresses His Audience
• Cavalry Captain
• Philomena
• Make You Better

Side B

• Lake Song
• Till the Water's All Long Gone
• The Wrong Year
• Carolina Low

Side C

• Better Not Wake the Baby
• Anti-Summersong
• Easy Come, Easy Go
• Mistral

Side D

• 12/17/12
• A Beginning Song