<p>It would seem this generation now has its own version of <em>The Wall</em>, or least <em>Fantasia!</em> as the fantastical latest effort from <a href="http://www.decemberists.com">The Decemberists</a>, <em>The Hazards of Love</em>, now has a full-length visual companion. While this trailer suggests that the film doesn't seem to correspond to the sordid tale being told (something frontman Colin Meloy intimated would be the case with any such project when <a href="http://opbmusic.org/blog/entries/435--Love-Epic">we talked to him</a> last March), it does play off the vaguely psychedelic and pastoral British folk elements that underlie the music. Plus, it also works as a PSA (working title: <em>The Hazards of Drugs</em>).</p>
<p>Filmmakers Julia <span class="misspell">Pott</span>, Santa Maria, Peter <span class="misspell">Sluszka and </span><span class="misspell">Guilherme</span> <span class="misspell">Marcondes all contributed to the project, entitled <em>Here Come the Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized</em>. Expect it to be available excusively via iTunes beginning December 1st.</span></p>
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Colin Meloy and company give their latest opus the full-length filmic treatment, psychedelia results.
The Decemberists Get Visuals
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