NEW YORK, NY -- 04/15/08 --
Atlantic recording group Death Cab For Cutie
has released the much-awaited new video for "I Will Possess Your Heart,"
the first single from their upcoming album "NARROW STAIRS" (see below for
video links). Death Cab For Cutie once again push the envelope creatively
and visually, enlisting long time friend and collaborator Aaron Stuart-Ahn
as well as acclaimed cinematographer/videographer Shawn Kim to shoot this
amazing companion piece.
Stewart-Ahn and the female protagonist traveled the world, filming in ten
different locations -- London, Paris, Frankfurt, Carthage and Tunis in
Tunisia, Bangkok, Phnom Penh and Siem Reap in Cambodia, Tokyo and Hokkaido
in Japan, and NYC. For the performance footage, Shawn Kim spent a day
shooting the band in a food storage facility in Los Angeles where the
temperature never rose above 12 degrees.
There are both album and single versions of the "I Will Possess Your Heart"
video. The album version, which is eight minutes long, premiered on April
11th on MTV.com and VH1.com. The shorter, single-length version premiered
on April 12th on MTV2. The video was immediately added to MTV, MTV2, VH1,
and Fuse in its first week.
"NARROW STAIRS" is the follow-up to Death Cab's Grammy-nominated, RIAA
platinum-certified 2005 release, "PLANS." "NARROW STAIRS," which was
produced and mixed by the band's very own Chris Walla, will arrive in
stores and at all online retailers on May 13th.
The album is already receiving great reviews, with MTV.com raving,
"Unquestionably the best thing they have ever done... and an early contender
for the best album of 2008." Paste Magazine hails, "Gibbard is at his best
when he tethers his catchy tunes to lyrics grounded in specifics -- a creek
beneath a Big Sur bridge, the receiving line at a wedding, a closet full of
clothes that 'hang like ghosts of people I have been.'"
The band kicks off their 2008 tour this Friday, April 18th in their home
state of Washington with a show at the Admiral Theatre in Bremerton. Last
week Death Cab was part of a very special event in Seattle, where they had
the honor of performing an acoustic set as part of Seeds of Compassion, a
five-day gathering in honor of his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. In
addition, Death Cab has recently confirmed many more tour dates throughout
the U.S. and Canada. (See below for a full listing of tour dates)
Death Cab For Cutie is: Ben Gibbard: guitars, keyboards, vocals * Chris
Walla: guitars, keyboards * Nick Harmer: bass * Jason McGerr: drums
Watch the video for "I Will Possess Your Heart" here:
Full Version:
http://vsyndication.wmg.com/tip.html?bcpid=824272798&bctid=1498061157
Short Version:
http://vsyndication.wmg.com/tip.html?bcpid=824272798&bctid=1499647385
Death Cab For Cutie
On Tour 2008
April 18 Bremerton, WA Admiral Theatre*
April 19 Eugene, OR McDonald Theatre*
April 21 Arcata, CA Van Dozer Theatre/Humboldt State Univ*
April 22 Davis, CA UC Davis-Freeborn Hall*
April 23 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
April 24 Las Vegas, NV The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel
April 26 Indio, CA Coachella
May 9 Providence, RI Providence Piers
May 10 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion
May 24 Portland, OR Les Schwab Theatre
May 25 George, WA Sasquatch!
May 26 Lehi, UT Thanksgiving Point
May 28 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
May 30 Kansas City, MO City Market
May 31 Columbia, MO 9th Street Summerfest
June 2 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
June 3 Chicago, IL Millenium Park/Pritzker Pavilion
June 4 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
June 6 Montreal, Canada Jacques Cartier Pier
June 7 Toronto, Canada Toronto Olympic Island
June 9 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 10 Brooklyn, NY McCarren Park Pool
June 12 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center for Performing Arts
June 13 Cleveland, OH Plain Dealer Pavilion
June 14 Indianapolis, IN The Lawn at White River State
June 15 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo
June 17 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre
June 19 Mesa, AZ Mesa Ampitheatre
June 21 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre Berkeley
July 27 Pemberton, BC Pemberton Festival
For more information, please contact:
Sheila Richman
212-707-3063
sheila.richman@atlanticrecords.com
Catharine McNelly
212-707-3069
catharine.mcnelly@atlanticrecords.com
