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Ahead of their UK tour, The Decemberists have unveiled previews of their 'Make You Better' video starring Parks and Recreation's Nick Offerman.
Set on a fictional TV show 'The Old Blue Rock Palace' both videos feature Offerman playing an inept and ill-informed German journalist Franz Lieberwurstschlesser who insists upon calling frontman Colin Meloy "Clown Melon".
Below: Watch two clips of The Decemberists Old Blue Rock Palace video
The alt-folk heroes are gearing up to release their seveth studio album What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World on 19 January, 2015.
Listen to 'Make You Better' below
The tracklist for What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World is:
1. The Singer Addresses His Audience
2. Cavalry Captain
3. Philomena
4. Make You Better
5. Lake Song
6. Till The Water Is All Long Gone
7. The Wrong Year
8. Carolina Low
9. Better Not Wake The Baby
10. Anti-Summersong
11. Easy Come, Easy Go
12. Mistral
13. 12/17/12
14. A Beginning Song
They've announced a UK and European tour. Full dates are below.
Wednesday, February 11 Dublin, Ireland Vicar Street
Friday, February 13 Glasgow, UK O2 Academy Glasgow
Saturday, February 14 Leeds, UK O2 Academy Leeds
Monday, February 16 Bristol, UK O2 Academy Bristol
Tuesday, February 17 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
Wednesday, February 18 Birmingham, UK The Institute
Friday, February 20 Brighton, UK Brighton Dome Concert Hall
Saturday, February 21 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton
Monday, February 23 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso
Tuesday, February 24 Brussels, Belguim AB
Wednesday, February 25 Nijmegen, Netherlands Doornroosje
Thursday, February 26 Berlin, Germany Astra Kulturhaus
Saturday, February 28 Zürich, Switzerland Kaufleuten
Sunday, March 1 Milan, Italy Magazzini Generali
