Death Cab For Cutie have shared another track from their upcoming new album ‘I Built You A Tower’, and it is twinkly emo at its finest.

Titled ‘Punching The Flowers’, it finds the band channelling their roots without ever feeling nostalgic. Intricately delivered patterns of guitar licks, angular drums and looping vocals courtesy of Ben Gibbard, it’s a celebration of emo music at its most forward-thinking and uniquely compelling. Patient in approach and bristling with kinetic energy, it also demonstrates how Death Cab continue to be on the cutting edge of the genre, even after all these years.

Gibbard had this to say about the song’s themes, stating, “’Punching the Flowers’ is a song about stagnation and the feeling of being imprisoned by The Known. And about the damage done when someone ventures deeper into the unknown.”

‘I Built You A Tower’ is set for release on June 05 via ANTI- Records. It will also feature the previously released ‘Riptides’, which sounds a lot like this:

The band will also be heading out on tour across the US and Europe in support of the album. All of the dates look like this.

JULY

10 – MINNEAPOLIS Armory *
11 – MILWAUKEE Miller High Life Theatre *
12 – INIANAPOLIS Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park *
14 – CINCINATTI MegaCorp Pavilion *
15 – CLEVELAND Jacobs Pavilion *
17 – PHILADELPHIA Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts ^
18 – CANANDAIGUA CMAC ^
19 – TORONTO RBC Amphitheatre ^
21 – COLUMBIA Merriweather Post Pavilion ^
22 -RALEIGH Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek ^
24 – ST. LOUIS Stifel Theatre #
25 – BENTONVILLE The Momentary #
26 – COUNCIL BLUFFS Harrah’s Stir Cove #
28 – SANDY Sandy Amphitheater #
29 – SANDY Sandy Amphitheater #
31 – PHOENIX Arizona Financial Theatre #

AUGUST

02 – LOS ANGELES The Greek Theatre #
03 – LOS ANGELES The Greek Theatre #
04 – SAN DIEGO Gallagher Square at Petco Park #
06 – LAS VEGAS The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas &
07 – PASO ROBLES Vina Robles Amphitheatre &
09 – SAN FRANCISCO Outside Lands

SEPTEMBER

16 – DUBLIN 3Olympia Theatre
19 – MANCHESTER O2 Victoria Warehouse
20 – EDINBURGH Corn Exchange
21 – GATESHEAD The Glasshouse
23 – BRISTOL The Prospect Building
25 – LONDON Troxy
29 – UTRECHT TivoliVredenburg
30 – BRUSSELS Cirque Royal

OCTOBER

01 – BERLIN Columbiahalle
03 – PARIS Elysée Montmartre

*with Jay Som
^with Japanese Breakfast
#with Nation of Language
&with Lala Lala



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