Here’s the first track off The Decemberists’ upcoming EP Florasongs

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Ensuring that fans of slightly twee, lyrically rich story songs have access to the steady stream of whaling narratives and haunted protagonists they crave, the members of Portland-based indie rock group The Decemberists have announced that they’ll be releasing a new five-song EP later this year. Dropping on October 9, Florasongs will be assembled from unused tracks recorded during the sessions that produced the band’s seventh full album, What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, which came out earlier this year. (And landed on The A.V. Club’s list of the year’s best albums to date.)