A vibrant concept album full of hooks that weave in and out of each other and reprise themselves just as you managed to get them out of your head. I caught a bit of The Decemberists at a festival last summer (having only heard their two earlier albums Picaresque and The Crane Wife) and The Wanting Comes in Waves was a song that really stuck with me - pleased to report it is just as catchy and hard hitting on the album