The Decemberists

Popes of Pendarvia Tour 2011

The Decemberists have announced dates for the UK leg of the Popes of Pendarvia Tour 2011, Tickets are on sale now.

The band's fifth album, The Hazards of Love, represents the most glorious kind of messing around. It's the most ambitious and most accomplished project to date from the Portland-based quintet of Meloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query and John Moen—a full-length song cycle rooted in ancient language and imagery, yet entirely modern and accessible. The follow-up to the group's 2006 breakthrough, The Crane Wife (which NPR listeners voted their favorite album of the year), The Hazards of Love solidifies the Decemberists' standing as one of the most innovative and important creative forces in music today.

Support on this tour comes from Portland's own Blind Pilot.

The Decemberists tickets are on sale now.