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Continuing in the vein of 2004's The Tain EP, the Decemberists have crafted their fourth full-length, The Crane Wife, to be an enormous folk-prog monsterpiece. It's a beautiful thing, really, and between it and the Hold Steady album, October 3 cannot come fast enough.

Fortunately, you don't have to wait until then for a taste of the Crane Wife pie, as Capitol/EMI have been kind enough to give Pitchfork an exclusive MP3 to share. Ladies and gentleman, we are proud to give you..."Summersong".

This song has none of the multi-part progginess of others on the record. It's a simple, accordion-tinged ode to the end of summer. "Summer arrives/ With a length of lights/ Summer blows away/ And quietly it gets swallowed by a wave," Colin Meloy sings. This couldn't have come at a better time. Enjoy!!