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Death Cab for Cutie lengthens 'Narrow' trek
Death Cab for Cutie continues to add dates to its current tour ahead of the band's forthcoming new album, "Narrow Stairs."
The Pacific Northwest quartet--which just finished up a featured performance at last weekend's Coachella Music Festival in Indio, CA--has added a handful of Southern California shows to the schedule, including dates in San Diego (6/20), Los Angeles (6/23) and Santa Barbara (6/24). The next leg of the outing kicks off May 9 in Providence, RI. The complete schedule is below.
"Narrow Stairs," the group's first studio effort since 2005's Grammy-nominated "Plans," will hit stores May 13. The album--the band's second major-label release--was produced by Death Cab's guitarist, Chris Walla; a streaming version of the just-released lead single, "I Will Possess Your Heart," can be found at the band's MySpace page.
"I hope this album is a bit of a surprise for those out there that think they have us all figured out," bassist Nick Harmer said in a press statement. "We can't wait to share these songs with the world."
"For 'Narrow Stairs,' the majority of the songs I brought in were guitar songs--songs we could sit in a room and just play," frontman Ben Gibbard said of the album's more straightforward approach in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. "I can honestly say I had more fun and felt more inspired on this record than anything that we had done in a long time."
