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Death Cab for Cutie Announces 'I Built You a Tower,' Releases 'Riptides' and Sets Summer Tour

The LP was crafted with John Congleton in a focused three-week Los Angeles session with additional home tracking.

Overview

  • The band's 11th album, I Built You a Tower, arrives June 5 on ANTI- after roughly two decades with Atlantic.
  • Lead single Riptides is out now with a performance video directed by Jason Lester.
  • Ben Gibbard says Riptides confronts personal struggle in the context of widespread tragedy and loss.
  • The published tracklist features 11 songs, including twin title pieces I Built You a Tower (a) and (b).
  • Touring begins July 10 in Minneapolis following a May 29 set at Denver’s Outside Days, with support from Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som, Nation of Language, and Lala Lala and a newly added European leg in the fall.