In a double bill of literate indie-pop worth getting excited about, Portland, Oregon’s The Decemberists will tour the UK in October, joined by Canadian trio Land Of Talk.

One might easily imagine the wintry five-piece will play some songs from their acclaimed The Crane Wife album, released earlier this year. Enough chatter, here are the dates:

October

2 London Royal Festival Hall
3 Cambridge Junction
5 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
6 Bristol Anson Rooms
7 Academy Oxford
9 Dublin Vicar Street
10 Liverpool Academy
11 Newcastle Academy
12 Glasgow Academy
13 Leeds Metropolitan University