As a fitting bookend to the most successful year of the bands career, The Decemberists will release a new EP entitled LONG LIVE THE KING. Similar to the critically acclaimed, chart-topping bow THE KING IS DEAD, the EP is a mostly-acoustic set of 6 Americana-based songs, recorded around the same time as THE KING IS DEAD, and including their stunning cover of the Grateful Dead track "Row Jimmy." the EP was produced once again by Tucker Martine.