The Decemberists - “Cavalry Captain” (Official Video)

Today, the Decemberists release their new EP Florasongs, a set of tracks that came from the same sessions that gave us their recent album What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World. We’ve posted their song “Why Would I Now?,” and now they’ve shared a video for the horn-laced EP track “Cavalry Captain.” After the band spoofed ’70s talk shows with their “Make You Better” video earlier this year, it was only a short leap over into the world of sci-fi cult ’70s infomercials. Colin Meloy stars as the founder of Decemberism, a flim-flam man getting rich off of other people’s longings. The video has all the cheesy graphics and static of an old infomercial accidentally captured on VHS tape.