Today, Death Cab for Cutie – Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr, Dave Depper and Zac Rae – announce their 11th studio album. I Built You A Tower will be released on June 5 via ANTI- Records. The move marks the band’s return to their independent roots after 20 years on Atlantic Records. Produced and engineered by John Congleton and assembled from a mere three weeks of sessions, I Built You A Tower was recorded at Animal Rites in Los Angeles, as well as the band members’ homes in Seattle, Bellingham, Los Angeles, and Portland.

Alongside today’s album announcement, Death Cab for Cutie share the album’s first single, “Riptides.”

The band recently announced a North American summer tour, which is on sale now. Today the band also announces a Fall UK/EU tour, with tickets going on sale this Friday at 10 am locally.

Death Cab for Cutie 2026 Tour Dates:

May 29 – Denver, CO – Outside Days
July 10 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory *
July 11 – Milwaukee, WI – Miller High Life Theatre *
July 12 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park *
July 14 – Cincinnati, OH – MegaCorp Pavilion *
July 15 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion *
July 17 – Philadelphia, PA – Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts ^
July 18 – Canandaigua, NY – CMAC ^
July 19 – Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre ^
July 21 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion ^
July 22 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek ^
July 24 – St. Louis, MO – Stifel Theatre #
July 25 – Bentonville, AR – The Momentary #

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

July 28 – Sandy, UT – Sandy Amphitheater #

July 29 – Sandy, UT – Sandy Amphitheater #
July 31 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre #
August 2 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre #

August 3 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre #
August 4 – San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square at Petco Park #

August 6 – Las Vegas, NV – The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas &
August 7 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre &

August 9 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands

September 16 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Olympia Theatre

September 19 – Manchester, UK – O2 Victoria Warehouse

September 20 – Edinburgh, UK – Corn Exchange

September 21 – Gateshead, UK – The Glasshouse

September 23 – Bristol, UK – The Prospect Building

September 25 – London, UK – Troxy

September 29 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg

September 30 – Brussels, Belgium – Cirque Royal

October 1 – Berlin, Germany – Columbiahalle

October 3 – Paris, France – Elysée Montmartre

*with Jay Som

^with Japanese Breakfast

#with Nation of Language

&with Lala Lala

Pre-order I Built You a Tower HERE