After the overblown insanity of Blind Guardian, I figured I'd go listen to a nice stripped down EP from The Decemberists. This EP is outtakes and leftovers from their 2011 album The King is Dead (which I rather enjoyed), and it doesn't fall far from the tree in terms of sound (i.e., folk-country meets REM). First tracks are good swinging folky tunes, while the quality falls a little on the latter half. Nice straightforward music.

3.0/5 - Nice little EP, but I'll probably just go back to the main album for this sound if I want it.