Death Cab For Cutie Share New Single “Punching The Flowers”

By: Staff –

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. Listen to the song now and watch its Jason Lester directed-video below. 

“’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. 

The band recently announced a North American summer tour, which is on sale now. See below to find a show near you, and get your tickets HERE.

Death Cab for Cutie Tour Dates

May 29 – Denver, CO – Outside Days +Festival

July 10 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory *Jay Som

July 11 – Milwaukee, WI – Miller High Life Theatre *Jay Som

July 12 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park *Jay Som

July 14 – Cincinnati, OH – MegaCorp Pavilion *Jay Som

July 15 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion *Jay Som

July 17 – Philadelphia, PA – Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts ^Japanese Breakfast

July 18 – Canandaigua, NY – CMAC ^Japanese Breakfast

July 19 – Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre ^Japanese Breakfast

July 21 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion ^Japanese Breakfast

July 22 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek ^Japanese Breakfast

July 24 – St. Louis, MO – Stifel Theatre #Nation of Language

July 25 – Bentonville, AR – The Momentary #Nation of Language

July 26 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s Stir Cove #Nation of Language

July 28 – Sandy, UT – Sandy Amphitheater #Nation of Language

July 29 – Sandy, UT – Sandy Amphitheater #Nation of Language

July 31 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre #Nation of Language

August 2 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre #Nation of Language 

August 3 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre #Nation of Language

August 4 – San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square at Petco Park #Nation of Language

August 6 – Las Vegas, NV – The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas &Lala Lala

August 7 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre &Lala Lala

August 9 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands +Festival

September 6 – Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot +Festival

September 16 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Olympia Theatre %Pool Kids

September 17 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Olympia Theatre %Pool Kids

September 19 – Manchester, UK – O2 Victoria Warehouse %Pool Kids

September 20 – Edinburgh, UK – Corn Exchange %Pool Kids

September 21 – Gateshead, UK – The Glasshouse %Pool Kids

September 23 – Bristol, UK – The Prospect Building %Pool Kids

September 25 – London, UK – Troxy %Pool Kids

September 26 – London, UK – Troxy %Pool Kids

September 29 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg %Pool Kids

September 30 – Brussels, Belgium – Cirque Royal %Pool Kids

October 1 – Berlin, Germany – Columbiahalle %Pool Kids

October 3 – Paris, France – Elysée Montmartre %Pool Kids

November 8 – Osaka, JP –  Matsushita IMP Hall 

November 9 – Tokyo, JP – Toyosu Pit

November 12 – Sydney, NSW – Hordern Pavilion

November 13  – Melbourne, VIC – Margaret Court Arena 

November 15 – Brisbane, QLD – Fortitude Music Hall

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With Support From:

*Jay Som

^Japanese Breakfast

#Nation of Language

&Lala Lala

%Pool Kids