I just found out the Decemberists will be touring this autumn on their first album with Capitol, The Crane Wife, that is being released on October 3rd.

Oy, this band is wonderful. Their lyrics and music are grand, very dreamy and peculiar and enchanting. I have every album they've produced, and their well of quirk and unique lyricism has yet to go dry.

Check out one of my favorite songs, Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect from their second album, Castaways and Cutouts, on Kill Rock Stars.