Video: The Decemberists - "The Wanting Comes In Waves"

The Decemberists dropped by the Jay Leno show last week to totally blow the cover off of a version of "The Wanting Comes In Waves" off of the new album Hazards of Love. Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond takes the center stage for this performance (even though she's technically 'stage right'). Whereas, in My Brightest Diamond, Worden is a little too melodramatic for my tastes, in the setting of this song Worden's powerful pipes are put to a much greater cause -- melting your face. I love that the Decemeberists are continuing to develop their sound, moving from what was heavily Neutral Milk Hotel-sounding to something a little closer to indie-Led Zepplin. If you don't buy that, just listen to "The Island" off of The Crane Wife -- you'll see what I mean.