Originally written for Exclaim!
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As I Lay Dying are based in San Diego, CA and draw their moniker from a novel by William Faulkner. The book is noted for its multiple narrators and shifting points of view ― since some narrators are unreliable, the facts of the narrative change depending on who relates a specific event. Their band name is particularly apt when connected to the shifting, chimeric Decas. This year, As I Lay Dying celebrate their tenth anniversary and Decas is a commemorative compilation, featuring four …