Saosin Cancel Shows to Have Record Out on Time

Saosin's bassist Chris Sorenson announced on MySpace that the band had to cancel shows with The Used during SXSW to finish the new record. California-based post-hardcore band wanted to make sure they could release their new album on Capitol Records by June, as scheduled.

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