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