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The Decemberists updated their mailing list readers with an album update on tracklisting, and release date. The album will contain 17 tracks and be released on March 24th in the USA.

From The Decemberists:
We Decemberists are pleased to announce that our forthcoming LP, The Hazards of Love, is, in the parlance of the industry, “in the can2”. Four tumultuous months passed in the creation of the record, during which a new president was selected3, 3 people associated with the band were married4, birthdays too numerous to recount were celebrated and many tasty asada tacos from two of the vast array of taco trucks in the greater Portland east-side were consumed. And what do we have to show for it? Or at least that we can now reveal to you? A release date and a tracklist! As follows:

Release Date: March 24th5 in the U.S. and March 23th6 in the UK.7

Tracklist:

1. Prelude
2. The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won’t Wrestle the Thistles Undone)
3. A Bower Scene
4. Won’t Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga)
5. The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All)
6. The Queen’s Approach
7. Isn’t it a Lovely Night?
8. The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid
9. An Interlude
10. The Rake’s Song
11. The Abduction of Margaret
12. The Queen’s Rebuke / The Crossing
13. Annan Water
14. Margaret in Captivity
15. The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)
16. The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise)
17. The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)

In other news, the 3rd and final volume of Always the Bridesmaid: A Singles Series is available now in fine retail outlets8 and online9. The songs in this volume are “Record Year for Rainfall” and “Raincoat Song” – two songs particularly suited for this weather we’re having. And how. Visit the Decemberists’ online shop10: www.decemberistsshop.com/zencart/ for more information and to find sweet11 bundled deals!