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Exclusive Stream: The Decemberists' Career-Spanning Live Album

Preview the band's concert set 'We All Raise Our Voices to the Air'

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March 5, 2012 12:10 PM ET
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The Decemberists, 'We All Raise Our Voices To The Air'
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We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11), the Decemberists' first full-length concert album, was recorded over the course of 12 nights on the band's tour in support of The King Is Dead last year. Though the set emphasizes material from that album, it includes numbers from throughout their sprawling catalog, including favorites such as "The Infanta," "Billy Liar" and "The Mariner's Revenge Song." Despite coming from a variety of gigs, the record sounds seamless, like an ideal bootleg recording. The double-disc set is due March 13th, but you can stream the first of the two discs, below.

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