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Picaresque, My Picaresque

A few scattered thoughts on a record's milestone

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Colin Meloy
Apr 30, 2025
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Picaresque, my band’s third full length album, came out in the spring of 2005. That’s twenty years ago. I was twenty nine when we recorded it; I was thirty by the time it came out. Some kind of rubicon was crossed I suppose. These are my memories of making this record.

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