Billboard recently spoke to The Decemberists about for their upcoming full length debut for Capitol Records.

The album is thematically based on a tragic Japanese folk tale, but band leader Colin Meloy promises a fair dose of rock'n'roll, rape, murder and violence as well. The band recorded with Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla and put 22 tracks to tape, but balked at the idea of a double album saying:

85 to 90 percent of double records smack of self-indulgence and we just didn't want to hand that to [Capitol]. But it's not like the songs we're cutting are throwaways. We're kinda attached to all the songs we make.

The album, titled The Crane Wife is due out October 3rd and follows their Kill Rock Stars release, Picaresque.