10 Different Takes on the New Decemberists Album's 10 Songs

By Casey Jarman

January 03, 2011 at 12:42 pm PST

The King is Dead

over at NPR, where the full album is currently streaming

Track 1: "Don't Carry It All"

Track 2: "Calamity Song"

Quetzalcoatl: 2012

Track 3: "Rise to Me"

Track 4: "Rox in the Box"

Track 5: "January Hymn"

Track 6: "Down By the Water"

reminds me of this song

The Hazards of Love

Track 7: "All Arise!"

Track 8: "June Hymn"

The King is Dead

Track 9: "This is Why we Fight"

Track 10: "Dear Avery"

Links:

The Decemberists

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