I think this song is set in a more modern era than the Decemberist's songs usually take place in. Usually they are in times where people wore corsets, and spoke Shakespearean language. This song, I think, sounds more like it it's during the time of the flappers and gangsters. Maybe to set the mood for a different time period, they chose to use different music to show that. The music of the Decemberists is always made to set the mood, and they wanted to try something new and experiment. Personally I feel as if all the songs on this album are a lot different from their last ones, more electronic. This song also doesn't deal with death and murder, probably the happiest song on the album really, and THAT is really why it's out of place, because the people accomplish something... or do they get caught in the end? Is that what is said in the end?
I think this song is set in a more modern era than the Decemberist's songs usually take place in. Usually they are in times where people wore corsets, and spoke Shakespearean language. This song, I think, sounds more like it it's during the time of the flappers and gangsters. Maybe to set the mood for a different time period, they chose to use different music to show that. The music of the Decemberists is always made to set the mood, and they wanted to try something new and experiment. Personally I feel as if all the songs on this album are a lot different from their last ones, more electronic. This song also doesn't deal with death and murder, probably the happiest song on the album really, and THAT is really why it's out of place, because the people accomplish something... or do they get caught in the end? Is that what is said in the end?