NPR First Listen: The Decemberists’ “The King is Dead”

If you hadn’t noticed in these past few months I’ve been working here, I love letting readers know about NPR’s First Listens. They always conveniently come out a couple weeks before an album’s release, and, though you’re stuck at a computer streaming, you can test-drive the music before committing to adding it to your iTunes. So, personal musings aside, from now until it’s release on January 18, NPR is streaming the entirety of The Decemberists’ sixth album, The King is Dead. Yo...

Read full article Share article