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Death Cab for Cutie announces new album, ‘I Built You a Tower’

‘I Built You a Tower’ album artwork. (ANTI- Records)

Death Cab for Cutie has announced a new album called I Built You a Tower.

The 11th studio effort from the “I Will Follow You into the Dark” outfit is due out June 5. It’s the follow-up to 2022’s Asphalt Meadows.

The first single is called “Riptides,” and is out now alongside a video, which you can watch streaming on YouTube.

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

Death Cab for Cutie will launch a U.S. tour in July.

Here’s the I Built You a Tower track list:

“Full of Stars”
“Punching the Flowers”
“Pep Talk”
“I Built You a Tower (A)”
“Envy the Birds”
“Stone Over Water”
“How Heavenly a State”
“Trap Door”
“Riptides”
“The Flavor of Metal”
“I Built You a Tower (B)”