Follow-up to The Decemberists' 2006 "The Crane Wife"

After 2006 success The Crane Wife, The Decemberists from Portland, Oregon will release a new album on March 24, 2009 and will be touring the United States in May and June. The Hazards of Love is the fifth studio album from the indie/folk rock five-piece and the second on Capitol Records. It tells the tale of Margaret and her lover faced to different novel-like situations. The first single off of this new album is "The Rake's Song", followed by "The Hazards of Love 1".

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)

It can be pre-ordered at www.decemberistsshop.com