James VillaDeath Cab For Cutie’s KINTSUGI Debuts at #1 on Current Alternative Chart,
#5 on Top Current Album Chart
Iconic Band Adds Multiple Tour Dates to Already Epic Trek
Atlantic recording group Death Cab for Cutie’s eighth studio album, KINTSUGI, has debuted at #1 on the Current Alternative Chart, #5 on the Current Album hart and #8 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. Additionally, the band has revealed a number of new North American tour dates as KINTSUGI earns critical acclaim and popular success from all corners.
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.”
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2015
APRIL
10 Meza, AZ FestivALTAZ @ Quail Run Park
23 Kansas City, MO Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland * – SOLD OUT
24 Tulsa, O Brady Theatre (KMYZ Birthday Party) – SOLD OUT
25 Frisco, TX Edgefest
27 Atlanta, GA The Fox Theatre †
29 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium † – SOLD OUT
30 Chicago, IL The Chicago Theatre † – SOLD OUT
MAY
1 Chicago, IL The Chicago Theatre † – SOLD OUT
2 Minneapolis, MN Carlson Family Stage at Northrop † – SOLD OUT
4 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater †
5 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
7 Toronto, ON Sony Centre For the Performing Arts † – SOLD OUT
8 Montreal, QC Metropolis Theatre † – SOLD OUT
9 Portland, ME State Theatre † – SOLD OUT
10 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center – SOLD OUT
12 Louisville, KY Iroquois Amphitheater †
13 St Louis, MO The Pageant † – SOLD OUT
JULY
8 Portland, OR McMenamins Edgefield ‡ – SOLD OUT
9 Bend, OR Les Schwab Amphitheatre ‡
11 Berkeley, CA The Greek Theatre Berkeley ‡
12 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl §
15 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre §
16 Salt Lake City, UT Twilight Concert Series§
SEPTEMBER
10 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
11 Boston, MA Blue Hills Bank Pavilion ¶
12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden ¶
13 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion ¶
15 Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheater //
17 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE //
18 Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center //
19 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion //
21 Austin, TX ACL Live at The Moody Theater //
25 San Diego, CA Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
26 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl **
28 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Theatre**
30 Missoula, MT Adams Center
OCTOBER
1 Spokane, WA INB Performing Arts Center
3 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre †† – SOLD OUT
4 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre – SOLD OUT
5 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre ‡‡
w/Say Hi *
w/The Antlers †
w/Built To Spill ‡
w/TUnE-YArDs §
w/Explosions In The Sky ¶
w/Twin Shadow //
w/Best Coast **
w/Unlikely Friends ††
w/Cataldo ‡‡
Tim Schumann
