Details: Double vinyl LP pressing. The Decemberists' album, "The Crane Wife," is thematically based on a tragic Japanese folk tale, but band leader Colin Meloy promises a fair dose of rock n' roll, rape, murder and violence as well. The set is the five-some's fourth full-length and their first since moving over to a major label from Kill Rock Stars. Recruiting Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and Seattle mainstay Tucker Martine to man the decks.

Tracklist:

1. Crane Wife Pt. 3
2. Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel the
3. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
4. O Valencia!
5. Perfect Crime No. 2
6. When the War Came
7. Shankill Butchers
8. Summersong
9. Crane Wife PTS. 1 ; 2
10. Sons ; Daughters