The Decemberists

Andrew Bird

Blind Pilot

Last night I saw the Portland-based folk band The Decemberists at Marymoor Park. They were amazing! I love their frontman Colin Maloy and I loved their mix of old favorites with the new music. Their rendition of the Heart cover “Crazy on You” with their two female vocalists was fantastic and I loved that they wrapped up the concert with a favorite of mine, “Sons and Daughters.”

Their opening guests were Blind Pilot and Andrew Bird — both great in their own right.

The concert lasted almost four hours and took place under the most beautiful Seattle summer sky.

Found this online; I love this description. (Click here to read this entire review pertaining to a concert they did in Denver.)

“The Decemberists are a thinking man’s rock band. A Geek Squad on tour bus wheels, if you will. And to see them and appreciate them in concert, it helps to bring along your intellect and your imagination.”

Here is their setlist from last night…

1. Prelude
2. The Hazards of Love 1
3. A Bower Scene
4. Won’t Want For Love (Margaret in the Taiga)
5. The Hazards of Love 2
6. The Queen’s Approach
7. Isn’t It a Lovely Night?
8. The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid
9. An Interlude
10. A Rake’s Song
11. The Abduction of Margaret
12. The Queen’s Rebuke/The Crossing
13. Annan Water
14. Margaret in Captivity
15. The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)
16. The Wantin Comes In Waves (Reprise)
17. The Hazards of Love (Drowned)

Encore:

1. The Apology Song
2. July, July!
3. The Crane Wife 3
4. The Bachelor and the Bride
5. Dracula’s Daughter
6. O Valencia!
7. Crazy on You (Heart cover)

Encore 2:

1. Sons & Daughters

Today I’m off to see the Sounders v. Chelsea match with Bruce, and then later I’m having dinner at a new restaurant in Ballard, Bastille, with Mary & Grant. Happy weekend!