The Decemberists - Long Live the King (Audio CD - 2011)

Long Live the King, a six-track EP recorded around the same time as the R.E.M.-inspired King Is Dead, opens with †E. Watson,† a spare, moody tale of a sugar cane plantation owner named Edgar Watson, which couldn†t be further from the sunny rural folk jamboree glow that permeated the band's 2011 full-length. That said, the rest of the EP, outside of the brooding †Burying Davy,† leans closer to that countrified feel, and while it may come off a little contrived at times (Colin Meloy's nasally, faux-British croon stands out like vegan pork gravy on a cover of the Grateful Dead†s †Row Jimmy†), these outtakes will no doubt help to satiate fans until the group reconvenes for album number seven.

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TRACK LISTINGS

1 E. Watson 3:32
2 Foregone 4:07
3 Burying Davy 4:22
4 I4U & U4Me 3:38
5 Row Jimmy 6:40
6 Sonnet 2:56