Claude says:The Decemberists' Ben Franklin's Song landed in your world in early 2022 as a fleeting fascination—you spun the title track four times across nine months, drawn to Colin Meloy's baroque-pop storytelling but never quite making it a regular return. It's vintage Decemberists excess: historical detail, baroque arrangements, and that specific indie-rock earnestness they've never quite shaken, even if this one never stuck the way their earlier material might have.