Definitely the most obscure band on the list, the Decemberists, a five-piece modern, folk rock band have created a conceptual opera-esque album called “The Hazards of Love.”
The album follows a love-struck Margaret who pines for a shape-shifting forest creature named William. Other characters in the rock opera include a forest queen, the villain Rake and William’s mother, all composing the “Hazards of Love” that William must endure.
What’s unique of the rock opera compared to the Who’s “Tommy” or Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” is that “Hazards” has more than the contemporary guitar, drum, bass, vocal setup but includes keyboards, glockenspiels, pianos and anything else creator and lead-singer Colin Meloy could get his hands on to play.
“Hazards” has a fluctuating beat, with longer, more drawn out songs as well as some fast paced and upbeat songs. The story the album tells ends in a bittwersweet way, letting the listener decide whether these so called “hazards” are worth the hurt of love as well as if it was worth it to William.
By far the most creative and ambiguous of albums released this year, The Decemberists may have just made their first chart appearance with their fifth album, its obvious they have only started.
Check these songs: The Rake’s Song, HOL 2: Wager All, Margaret in Captivity
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