Limited edition box set fancy linen clam shelled Polaroid pictured “The King Is Dead”.
The new release by The Decemberists, Ive been drooling over forever is now available as the fancy version pre order.
2,500 limited edition box sets will contain a one-of-a-kind original Polaroid photo by acclaimed photographer, by Autumn de Wilde.
I am not keen on pre order- unless there is a bonus of some sort but this is not a bonus its a premium product. I’m getting nothing more than additional swag.
Worth it?
Not to me, but maybe to you “linen-wrapped clamshell box will have a foil-stamped cover, and will also include the CD, 180-gram white vinyl with an exclusive cover design, the DVD Pendarvia (a 30-minute short film by Aaron Rose documenting the making of the album), a 72-page hardcover book featuring over 250 photos by de Wilde and illustrations by Carson Ellis, and a signed Giclée print of an exclusive illustration by Ellis.”
Or you can wait until January and buy the boring plastic case in shrink wrap that you’ll open with your teeth in the car after you leave the shop and crack the case and tug the silver disc out to shove it in the car disc player
or get it online with no tactile fun at all
Up to you. In this case its definitely music over merch.