If you’ve already memorized every note of The Decemberists’ latest offering, The King Is Dead, and need something to hold you over until their next studio release, I have good news. Yesterday the group announced they will be releasing an exclusive iTunes session on August 2nd!
Recorded live in a Los Angeles studio, the 8-song release spans the Decemberists’ decade-long career, from their first EP to the aforementioned 2011 release, The King Is Dead. It also includes covers of Leonard Cohen’s “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye” and the Fruit Bats’ “When U Love Somebody.” If you pre-order the album now, you’ll receive an instant download of the track “June Hymn.” Pretty sweet deal if you ask me.
The Decemberists iTunes Session Track Listing:
1. Calamity Song
2. Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
3. Shankill Butchers
4. June Hymn
5. This Is Why We Fight
6. Shiny
7. The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)
8. When U Love Somebody
The Decemberists Tour Dates:
07/19 – Britt Pavilion, Jacksonville, OR^
07/20 – Idaho Botanical Gardens, Boise, ID^
07/21 – Twilight Concert Series, Salt Lake City, UT^
07/22 – Big Sky Brewery, Missoula, MT^
07/25 – Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL~
07/26 – Nautica Pavilion, Cleveland, OH~
07/27 – Kresge Auditorium, Interlochen, MI~
07/29 – Borgata Event Center, Atlantic City, NJ~
07/30 – Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI
07/31 – Mountain Park, Holyoke, MA+
08/01 – Artpark, Lewiston, NY~
08/03 – nTelos Wireless Pavilion, Charlottesville, VA~
08/04 – PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music, Cincinnati, OH~
08/05 – The Lawn @ White River State Park, Indianapolis, IN~
08/06 – Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN-
08/08 – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre, Austin, TX-
08/09 – ACL Live at The Moody Theater, Austin, TX
08/11 – Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ=
08/12 – Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA*
08/13 – Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
08/22 – Marymoor Amphitheater, Redmond, WA#
08/23 – Malkin Bowl, Vancouver, BC#
08/25 – McMenamins Edgefield Winery, Troutdale, OR%
08/26 – McMenamins Edgefield Winery, Troutdale, OR@
^ with Typhoon
~ with The Head and the Heart
- with Caitlin Rose
+ with Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
= with Sara Watkins
* with Wye Oak
# with Okkervil River & Fruit Bats
% with Okkervil River & Point Juncture, WA
@ with Okkervil River & AgesandAges
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