Death Cab for Cutie Talks With Rolling Stone

Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie talked with Rolling Stone:

I Built You a Tower will be released under ANTI Records, Epitaph’s sister label. For Death Cab, the return to an indie is a homecoming of sorts. “It felt so refreshing to be back in a room with people that were culturally of our world,” Gibbard says, recalling the first meeting with Epitaph owner Brett Gurewitz and former head of A&R Alison Crutchfield. “I can really count on one hand in the 20 years at Atlantic the number of people that we felt we had some true similar musical vocabulary” he adds, “It feels like we’ve landed back in a place that we feel very comfortable at.”

Death Cab for Cutie Announce New Album

Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie will release Built You a Tower on June 5th. Today they’ve shared “Riptides.”

”’Riptides’ is about the challenge of dealing with personal struggles as the world around us experiences tragedy and loss on an unfathomable scale,” says Gibbard. “And how when these two elements intertwine themselves in our psyches, it feels utterly paralyzing.”

The full press release, and new tour dates, can be found below.

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Ben Gibbard Finishes Western States 100-Miler

Death Cab for Cutie

Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie completed the Wester States 100-miler ultra marathon:

But by mid-afternoon, he was so consumed by the 90-degree heat that he literally couldn’t see straight.

The 48-year-old Seattle resident is a veteran ultrarunner who has finished more than two dozen trail races since 2012, including four previous 100-mile events. But in his first crack at Western States, he thought he was doomed.

“I think I was having heat stroke or something,” Gibbard said. “By the time I got to the top of the canyon at Devil’s Thumb, I couldn’t see. I was really nauseous. I was seeing double and had to lay down. I was shivering even though they were putting blankets on me. I was in bad shape.”

Eventually, Gibbard started to feel better and the aid station volunteers helped him get rejuvenated by sipping warm soup broth. From there, he got back on his feet and continued his journey and made it to the 62-mile aid station in the small town of Foresthill at 8:50 p.m.

Shoutout to my college friend Nick (mentioned in the article) for helping train and pace Ben!