5 Songs (The Decemberists EP)

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5 Songs
EP by The Decemberists
Released	2001 (2001)
Recorded	Type Foundry Studio Portland, Oregon 2001
Genre	Indie folk, indie rock
Length	23:52
Label	Self-released Hush Records (2003)
Producer	Jason Powers
The Decemberists chronology
5 Songs (2001) Castaways and Cutouts (2002)

5 Songs is a six-track EP by the Decemberists initially self-released in 2001. It is the first record the band released. The misleading title owes to the fact that the final track, "Apology Song" (originally sung by frontman Colin Meloy into the answering machine of a friend named Steven as a legitimate apology for the loss of a beloved bicycle named Madeline^[1]), was written after the original self-produced CD was released. Meloy liked it so much that it was added to the album when it was re-released by Hush Records in 2003.

The album cover was designed by the Portland artist Carson Ellis, the long-time girlfriend (and now wife) of Meloy, who has created artwork for each of the band's albums.