Colin Meloy, tone-deaf Irish pirate? They choose to sing fairytales because any other topic would reveal exactly how atrocious and one-dimensional they really are. The music sounds like a try-out for a junior-college frat party. And Meloy simply cannot sing and should never be allowed near another microphone. Somebody should also fine him $500 for polluting the ether with that "per-fect currrrr-rye-um" hokum.And the pseudo-intellectualism of the whole endeavor is just blatant. If you doubt this, try reading their fake scrambling to explain why they allegedly purposely decided to mis-spell "Decembrists." No way.