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 Decemberists in September

Posted by Loren on June 17, 2026

Decemberists in September
The Decemberists - Live Home Library Vol. 2

The second volume in The Decemberists' live recording series will come out this fall. Live Home Library Vol. 2, recorded at Brooklyn Steel in April 2017, will release on Sept. 25 on double vinyl by the band's Youth and Beauty Brigade label.

The band last released As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again in 2024.

Track Listing

Side A

The Crane Wife 3
The Island: Come And See/The Landlord’s Daughter/You’ll Not Feel The Drowning
We Both Go Down Together
Side B

Shiny
Red Right Ankle
Make You Better
June Hymn
Side C

Down By The Water
Lake Song
Los Angeles, I’m Yours
Till The Water’s All Gone
Bandit Queen
Side D

The Tain, Pt. I-V
O Valencia!

Decemberists in September
The Decemberists - Live Home Library Vol. 2

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