October 7, 2006
crane wifery
I love The Decemberists, and Amp Camp my new Decemberists facilitator. I was concerned about the move to a major label only because I thought, "oh no! what about my free stuff, my stickers, my posters, my free samples of obscure bands I have never heard of?" Well I needn't have worried, it's all still here, together with my own personal message from Amp Camp that reads as follows: "Hey Linnea, Enjoy!" How endearing. I'm just listening to the CD for the first time now, having miraculously managed to keep my Crane Wife virginity for this long. And even though I preordered I didn't get the album until today. Do the little Decemberists band member pictures on the liner notes remind anyone else of the American Girl books? I just expect to look under the picture of Jenny and see the words "Felicity Merriman, a spirited and spritely American girl" and under the picture of Colin "Uncle Gard, Samantha's outrageous handle-bar moustache-sporting male relative." New music, it feels good. New stickers with band members faces on them, oh yeah.