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Death Cab For Cutie share new single and video for "Punching The Flowers" from forthcoming LP
Indie rock titans and eight-time GRAMMY nominees Death Cab for Cutie – Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr, Dave Depper and Zac Rae – recently announced their 11th studio album. I Built You A Tower, will be released on June 5 via ANTI- Records, and today the band shares the second single off of the forthcoming record. “Punching The Flowers,” out now, is a gnarled angular rock song in which Gibbard spins a real-life experience of a toddler throwing a tantrum literally punching flowers outside a bodega into a metaphor for a man who has something beautiful and sees its hold over him as a cage, a frustration. "’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,” explains Gibbard. Listen to the song now and watch its Jason Lester directed-video below.
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I Built You A Tower
June 5, 2026Indie rock titans and eight-time GRAMMY nominees Death Cab for Cutie – Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr, Dave Depper and Zac Rae – announce their 11th studio album, I Built You A Tower, set to be released on June 5 via ANTI-Records. Recorded in just three weeks across various locations, the album captures the band's return to their independent roots, helmed by producer John Congleton. The introspective themes of personal growth and resilience shine through in the album's first single, "Riptides," as frontman Benjamin Gibbard navigates through personal struggles amidst global chaos, creating a deeply moving sonic journey that encapsulates the essence of Death Cab for Cutie's storied 30-year career.
The Blue EP
September 6, 2019Death Cab for Cutie announced 'The Blue EP', a five-song EP following their 2018 album Thank You for Today. The new release, set to drop on September 6th, explores themes of loss and memory, with "Kids in ’99" reflecting on a tragic event from their hometown. Fans of indie rock acts like The Shins and Death Cab's earlier work may find this EP intriguing.