As many of my friends and I recover from the aftermath of last night's football game that saw our beloved Steelers claim the AFC Championship, I offer up this little gem from the Decemberists' recently released "The King Is Dead." Winter held a tight grip over the northeast this morning and as Colin Meloy wonders on "January Hymn"
April all an ocean away
Is this the better way to spend the day?
Keeping the winter at bay
"January Hymn" is a small song about lost love with the usual amount of great songwriting imagery we've come to expect from a Decemberists song. I'll just go ahead and let Mr. Meloy tell the story himself:
Colin Meloy Plays New Songs at Make It Pop! (#1 of 2) from opbmusic.org on Vimeo.
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