Pre-Order The Decemberists' New Deluxe Box Edition

Pre-Order The Decemberists' New Deluxe Box Edition: "

Riding high on the success of Hazards of Love and The Crane Wife (one of the best overall rock records of the past ten years, in my opinion), The Decemberists will drop a Deluxe Box Edition of their sixth studio
album, The King is Dead, on January 18th, 2011. I had the pleasure of catching them on the Hazards tour at Radio City last year, so I can vouch that If you were lucky enough to snag tickets for their January 24th-26th stint at the Beacon Theatre (is there a better venue in NYC?), you're in for a treat. The Deluxe Box Edition will feature the following goodies:

• Limited edition of 2500 available exclusively on thedecemberists.com


• A one-of-a-kind Polaroid photograph by Autumn de Wilde from the Impossible Project/Decemberists series


• 72 page hardcover book featuring over 250 unique Polaroid photographs by Autumn de Wilde and illustrations by Carson Ellis 


• The King Is Dead CD 


• Pendarvia DVD – a 30 minute short film by Aaron Rose, documenting the making of the album 


• The King Is Dead on 180 gram white vinyl with special cover


• Limited edition Giclée print illustrated by Carson Ellis


• Digital album download code delivered on January 18


• Instant download of live video of 'Rise To Me' from Musicfest Northwest in Portland, Fall 2009


• Instant download of 'Down By The Water'


• All presented in a linen wrapped, clamshell box with foil-stamped cover

You can pre-order this mondo set, as well as t-shirts, standard and deluxe CD packages and, of course, VINYL, here.

Also, if you haven't done so, check out 'Down By The Water,' their collaboration with Peter Buck of R.E.M. How early-90's radio it sounds:

The Decemberists - Down By The Water by Pretty Much Amazing

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