The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

New album features "Make You Better," "The Wrong Year," and "Lake Song"

180-gram vinyl includes laser etching on side 4

Album download included

"What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World explores a much wider range of topics than their previous literature/storyline-bound themes could have possibly covered, and the result is hands-down the most emotive release of The Decemberists' career." — Sputnikmusic

Read an interview with frontman and chief songwriter Colin Meloy here.

The Decemberists present their seventh studio album, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World on Capitol Records.

Produced by the band and long-time collaborator Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, Neko Case), it is the Oregon folk-inflected indie quintet's first full-length studio album since 2011's The King Is Dead, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and contained the Grammy-nominated single "Down By The Water."

The new album features the R.E.M.-inspired "Make You Better" — which was originally released as a single on Black Friday 2014; the album is housed in a colorful jacket designed by children's illustrator and fellow Portland resident Carson Ellis.

Side 1

1. The Singer Addresses His Audience

2. Cavalry Captain

3. Philomena

4. Make You Better

Side 2

5. Lake Song

6. Till The Water’s All Long Gone

7. The Wrong Year

8. Carolina Low

9. Better Not Wake The Baby

Side 3

10. Anti-Summersong

11. Easy Come, Easy Go

12. Mistral

13. 12/17/12

14. A Beginning Song

Side 4

Etching

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