Death Cab for Cutie announce new album 'I Built You A Tower'

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Indie rock band Death Cab For Cutie will unveil their 11th studio album this spring.

Revealed today, I Built You A Tower will see a June 5 release via ANTI-Records. This marks the end of the band’s 20-year stint with Atlantic Records and sees them returning to their indie roots. The 11-track album was produced by John Congleton, who worked on the band’s 2022 studio album Asphalt Meadows. A new single from the record titled “Riptides” comes with a Jason Lester-directed music video, which can be seen here. Pre-orders for the new album can be made here.

Vocalist Benjamin Gibbard said this about the new song:

"’Riptides’ is about the challenge of dealing with personal struggles as the world around us experiences tragedy and loss on an unfathomable scale. And how when these two elements intertwine themselves in our psyches, it feels utterly paralyzing."

Guitarist Dave Depper said this about the new album:

“The anniversary tours exorcised any nostalgia in our systems. We felt part of this powerful force greater than all of us and went into the studio with a sense of, how can we capture that feeling and put it into something new?”

Bassist Nicholas Harmer also said:

“The whole experience of this record got us back to the earliest versions of this band: If the musicians in the room like what we’re working on, that’s enough. We reconnected with the confidence that comes with that.”

Alongside the new album announcement, Death Cab For Cutie also revealed a headlining tour across Europe and the U.K. this fall. Tickets for these shows will go on sale to the general public this Fridau (March 20) at 10 a.m. local time. This summer, Death Cab For Cutie will embark on a headlining tour across the United States with support from Jay Som, Japanese Breakfast, Nation of Language, and Lala Lala on select shows. Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets for their summer trek are on sale to the general public right now here.

Death Cab For Cutie tour dates

May 29 – Denver, CO – Outside Days

July 10 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory *

July 11 – Milwaukee, WI – Miller High Life Theatre *

July 12 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park *

July 14 – Cincinnati, OH – MegaCorp Pavilion *

July 15 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion *

July 17 – Philadelphia, PA – Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts ^

July 18 – Canandaigua, NY – CMAC ^

July 19 – Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre ^

July 21 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion ^

July 22 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek ^

July 24 – St. Louis, MO – Stifel Theatre #

July 25 – Bentonville, AR – The Momentary #

July 26 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s Stir Cove #

July 28 – Sandy, UT – Sandy Amphitheater #

July 29 – Sandy, UT – Sandy Amphitheater #

July 31 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre #

August 2 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre #

August 3 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre #

August 4 – San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square at Petco Park #

August 6 – Las Vegas, NV – The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas &

August 7 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre &

August 9 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands

September 16 - Dublin, Ireland - 3Olympia Theatre

September 19 - Manchester, UK - O2 Victoria Warehouse

September 20 - Edinburgh, UK - Corn Exchange

September 21 - Gateshead, UK - The Glasshouse

September 23 - Bristol, UK - The Prospect Building

September 25 - London, UK - Troxy

September 29 - Utrecht, Netherlands - TivoliVredenburg

September 30 - Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royal

October 1 - Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle

October 3 - Paris, France - Elysée Montmartre

*with Jay Som

^with Japanese Breakfast

#with Nation of Language

&with Lala Lala

I Built You A Tower tracklisting

1. Full of Stars

2. Punching The Flowers

3. Pep Talk

4. I Built You A Tower (a)

5. Envy The Birds

6. Stone Over Water

7. How Heavenly a State

8. Trap Door

9. Riptides

10. The Flavor of Metal

11. I Built You A Tower (b)