FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 26, 2015
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE REVEAL “BLACK SUN”;
NEW SINGLE HERALDS ICONIC BAND’S EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM “KINTSUGI”;
BAND TO PERFORM “BLACK SUN” ON
CBS’ LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN ON JANUARY 29TH;
FIRST LEG OF NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR
BEGINS APRIL 23rd IN KANSAS CITY;
“BLACK SUN” AVAILABLE TODAY AT ALL DSPs:
“KINTSUGI” ARRIVES ON MARCH 31ST
Atlantic recording group Death Cab for Cutie has announced an array of activity surrounding the release of their much-anticipated eighth studio album. “KINTSUGI”arrives everywhere on March 31st. The album is available for pre-order beginning tomorrow January 27th at
“KINTSUGI”–which follows 2011’s GRAMMY®Award-nominated “CODES AND KEYS”–is heralded by today’s release of the album’s first single, “Black Sun.”Listen to “Black Sun”here
An official companion video is currently in production, with a premiere date to be announced soon.
“One of the most beloved live acts of the modern era, Death Cab for Cutie will introduce “Black Sun”to the world via a live performance on CBS’Late Show with David Letterman, scheduled for this Thursday, January 29th. This will be followed by a performance on CBS’The Late Late Show on Friday, January 30th (check local listings).
Death Cab for Cutie, has also unveiled the first leg of their upcoming North American headline tour, slated to get underway April 23rd at Kansas City’s Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland and then travel through mid-May (see attached itinerary). The upcoming performances –will see the core membership of singer/guitarist Ben Gibbard, bassist Nick Harmer, and drummer Jason McGerr augmented by new touring members Dave Depper (Menomena, Fruit Bats, Corin Tucker, Ray Lamontagne) and Zac Rae (My Brightest Diamond, Fiona Apple, Lana Del Rey, Gnarls Barkley), both of whom will contribute additional guitars and keyboards. The band played their first show since the departure of founding member Chris Walla, last week in their hometown of Seattle at The Crocodile Café. The Seattle Weekly hailed, “The onstage chemistry between original members singer/guitarist Gibbard, bassist Nick Harmer, drummer Jason McGerr, and the new players was surprisingly heartfelt; the vibe felt as if they had been jamming together for years, and it showed in how beautifully they riffed off of each other during the set’s numerous instrumental solos”. Additional dates will be announced soon –for complete details and ticket information, please log on to
Recorded in Los Angeles with Rich Costey (Foster the People, Muse, Vampire Weekend, Chvrches) behind the board, “KINTSUGI”takes its title from the Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with precious metals like gold, silver, and platinum, highlighting cracks rather than hiding them. As such, kintsugi represents a compassionate aesthetic philosophy in which damage and wear are embraced as part of an object’s history.
“Considering what we were going through internally, and with what a lot of the lyrics are about, it had a great deal of resonance for us –the idea of figuring out how to repair breaks and make them a thing of beauty,”says bassist Nick Harmer, who suggested the name to Gibbard and McGerr. “Philosophically, spiritually, emotionally, it seems perfect for this group of songs.”
The spirit of “KINTSUGI”inspired a recent Instagram campaign in which Gibbard painted the lyrics to “Black Sun”onto a canvas before splitting the piece into 33 individual pieces. Those unique images were then sent at random to 33 unsuspecting Death Cab for Cutie fans who had previously put up their own photos inspired by the band’s lyrics (#dcfclyrics). Over the next week, recipients posted pieces of Gibbard’s fragmented canvas, culminating in today’s reveal of the reunited “Black Sun”lyric. The finished work can be viewed now at blacksun.deathcabforcutie.com and instagram.com/deathcabforcutie.
For nearly two decades, Death Cab for Cutie has been hailed as one of contemporary music’s most compelling and creative collectives. Born in Bellingham, Washington in 1997, the band followed a long relationship with the Seattle-based independent label, Barsuk, by making their Atlantic Records debut with their fifth studio release, 2005’s “PLANS.”The album proved Death Cab for Cutie’s popular breakthrough, earning RIAA platinum certification as well as spawning the chart-topping singles, “Soul Meets Body”and “I Will Follow You Into The Dark.”The latter track was honored with a GRAMMY®nomination as “Best Pop Performance By Duo Or Group With Vocals,”with “PLANS”receiving the nod as “Best Alternative Album.”“DIRECTIONS,”the 2006 DVD companion to “PLANS,”earned an additional GRAMMY®nod as “Best Longform Music Video.”
Now fully affirmed as an era-defining band, Death Cab for Cutie made a stunning #1 debut atop the SoundScan/Billboard 200with 2008’s RIAA gold certified “NARROW STAIRS.”More critical acclaim and two further GRAMMY®nominations followed, including nods for “Best Alternative Album”and “Best Rock Song”(honoring the hit single, “I Will Possess Your Heart”). “THE OPEN DOOR”EP was released in 2009, earning DCfC athirdconsecutive GRAMMY®Award nomination for “Best Alternative Album.”“CODES AND KEYS”arrived in 2011 and made a top 3 entry on the SoundScan/Billboard 200before receiving the band’s fourth straight GRAMMY®nomination for “Best Alternative Music Album.”“You Are A Tourist,”the album’s first single, also proved a multi-format radio smash, reaching #1 at both Triple A and Modern Rock outlets nationwide –Death Cab for Cutie’s first-ever #1 at the latter format.
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DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2015
APRIL
10Meza, AZFestivALTAZ
23Kansas City, MOArvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
27Atlanta, GAThe Fox Theatre
29Nashville, TNRyman Auditorium
30Chicago, ILThe Chicago Theatre
MAY
2Minneapolis, MNNorthrop
4Milwaukee, WIRiverside Theater
7Toronto, ONSony Centre
8Montreal, QCMetropolis
9Portland, MEState Theatre
12Louisville, KYIroquois Amphitheater
13St Louis, MOThe Pageant
JULY
12Los Angeles, CAHollywood Bowl
OCTOBER
3Seattle, WAParamount Theatre
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
“KINTSUGI”
(Atlantic Records)
Release Date: March 31st
TRACK LISTING:
- No Room In Frame
- Black Sun
- The Ghosts of Beverly Drive
- Little Wanderer
- You’ve Haunted Me All My Life
- Hold No Guns
- Everything’s A Ceiling
- Good Help (Is So Hard To Find)
- El Dorado
- Ingénue
- Binary Sea
For more information please contact:
Sheila Richman
Atlantic Records
212-707-3063
Ilana Gold
Atlantic Records
212-707-2749