He wrote it at a time when Tarkio was still around, and recorded it with them and probably performed it solo, but he's made it a Decemberists song since.
By the way, the interview mentioned above (in like the second post) is a fantastic one. Sean Nelson, who's the lead singer of Harvey Danger and frequently contributes guest vocals on Death Cab records interviewed him and the article is great, especially the entire transcript.
He wrote it at a time when Tarkio was still around, and recorded it with them and probably performed it solo, but he's made it a Decemberists song since.
By the way, the interview mentioned above (in like the second post) is a fantastic one. Sean Nelson, who's the lead singer of Harvey Danger and frequently contributes guest vocals on Death Cab records interviewed him and the article is great, especially the entire transcript.