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The Decemberists' latest inspiration: a single album-length song (PopWire)

Posted 2 months ago
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) -- Almost by definition, pop music is viewed as an easily digestible commodity. It commands that you stick to a familiar and accessible theme, conjure an appealing melody, and for crying out loud, it's got to move along briskly. A pop tune isn't an epic, you know. Or is it? The newest album by The Decemberists, "The Hazards of Love," harks back to an artistically haughty enterprise known as the "concept album." That means that even…

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