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Less Than Zero
Plays on LTZ: 22 across 22 shows (2023-01-05, 2023-01-12, 2023-03-02, 2023-03-16, 2023-03-23, 2023-04-27, 2023-10-26, 2023-11-02, 2024-05-16, 2024-09-26, 2024-11-14, 2024-11-21…)
Punching the Flowers — researched 2026-09-11
Riptides — played 2026-03-19
Death Cab for Cutie formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. Ben Gibbard has led the band throughout their catalogue — Transatlanticism (2003), Plans (2005), Narrow Stairs (2008). "Punching the Flowers" is from I Built You a Tower, due June 5, 2026 on ANTI- Records, their new label. This follows 2022's Asphalt Meadows. At 148 BPM and 3:11, it's one of the faster Death Cab tracks — playing it tonight is a genuine pre-release first play.
Placement: Follows Ecca Vandal while keeping the energy high. The album doesn't officially exist yet. Worth a one-liner in the link to mark it.
Played: 2026-03-19
Track 9 and lead single from Death Cab For Cutie's 11th studio album I Built You a Tower, released 16 March 2026 on ANTI-; album due 5 June 2026 — their first release on an independent label after more than 20 years on Atlantic. Produced by John Congleton and recorded in three weeks at Animal Rites in Los Angeles as well as the band members' homes in Seattle, Portland, Bellingham, and LA. The album grew from the band's 20th anniversary tours for Transatlanticism and Plans (2023-2025), during which frontman Ben Gibbard was privately dealing with the collapse of his marriage. Gibbard: 'Riptides is about the challenge of dealing with personal struggles as the world around us experiences tragedy and loss on an unfathomable scale.' The band also announced a UK/European tour including Manchester, Edinburgh, and Bristol.
Played: 2026-06-11 (Segment 1 — Atmospheric open) (new release)
Opening track of I Built You A Tower (released 5 June 2026), Death Cab's eleventh album and first on Anti- after two decades on Atlantic. A gentle, slow-building introduction — the same move the band has opened records with for years. Closes the atmospheric segment on a familiar name before the show lifts into the indie run.
Played: 2026-06-25 (Segment 2 — Indie open) (new release)
From I Built You A Tower (5 June 2026, Anti-), the band's eleventh album, produced by John Congleton. "Stone Over Water" was the third single (2 June) and track six — one of the record's two emotional anchors, a slow burn where Ben Gibbard confesses "I'm trying to hold it together." Melodic relief straight after the experimental opener.
Played: 2026-07-15 (Segment 10 — Close) (Closer)
Death Cab for Cutie (formed 1997, Bellingham, WA; 2003 lineup: Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, who joined for this album) closed their fourth album Transatlanticism (7 October 2003, Barsuk Records) with a demo version of the title track (6:13). The album was produced by Chris Walla at Hall of Justice Studio in Seattle, reached No. 97 on the Billboard 200, and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Songs from the album appeared in The O.C. and Six Feet Under, contributing to the band's mainstream breakthrough and leading to their major-label signing with Atlantic for Plans (2005).
Played: 2026-08-13
Death Cab for Cutie are a US band from Washington state. "Passenger Seat" (3:41) is track 8 of 11 on Transatlanticism, the band's fourth studio album, released 7 October 2003 on Barsuk Records. Track 8 sits between the title track "Transatlanticism" (7) and "Death of an Interior Decorator" (9). A 10th Anniversary Edition of the album reproduces the track.