My divorce fucked me up so badly that I went through an intense Decemberists phase. I bought more Decemberists songs than should have been allowed from iTunes. None are from this album, however. I was more into The Crane Wife era Decemberists, and even saw them live. Once. I've never felt so judged. People would come up to me and say, "Oh Big Dawg. Who are you, trying to push this pretentious music on all of your friends? What happened to the guy I know who worked blue and made mix tapes with Kiss songs? Maybe you should get back together with your ex-wife." That didn't happen. Yet. Matthew Weiner must have gone through a Decemberists phase, too. He oddly used a Decemberists song during a scene in a season 2 episode of Mad Men. The only time he didn't use a period era song. He eventually got divorced, too. Nothing lasts.