Free Download From The Decemberists: "The Rake's Song"

In anticipation of their next album coming out March 24, the Decemberists are making one of the album's songs available for free download today. "The Rake's Song" is a drums-heavy, dramatic tune from the album, The Hazards of Love which will weave a tale with the songs, each track telling another part of the dark but lively story. An email I received about the album today describes the album like this:

The Hazards of Love tells the tale of a woman named Margaret who is ravaged by a shape-shifting animal; her lover, William; a forest queen; and a cold-blooded, lascivious rake, who recounts with spine-tingling ease how he came "to be living so easy and free" in the aforementioned "The Rake’s Song."

I'm liking "The Rake's Song" well enough but I can imagine tiring of it as it's a little on the repetitive side. You can nab a free download for yourself by clicking here, or to take a listen now, just read more.