The beloved Washington indie rock group’s I Built You A Tower will arrive in June.

Death Cab For Cutie have announced the release of a new album.
I Built You A Tower is scheduled for arrival through ANTI- Records on 5th June and heralds the onset of a new era for the beloved Washington indie rock group as their first album to be independently released in over two decades following the recent conclusion of a lengthy major label contract with Atlantic Records. Together bandmates Ben Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr, Dave Depper and Zac Rae assembled their eleventh album with veteran producer John Congleton over three weeks of sessions held at LA studio Animal Rites and will take the project’s songs on the road for tours of North America and Europe that respectively commence in May and September of this year. Find ticket information for the band’s European tour – which will include stops in Dublin, Edinburgh, London, Berlin, Paris and more – here.
Hear newly debuted lead single ‘Riptides’ and view the promotional poster for Death Cab For Cutie’s 2026 I Built You A Tower European tour itinerary below.

I Built You A Tower
1 ‘Full Of Stars’
2 ‘Punching The Flowers’
3 ‘Pep Talk’
4 ‘I Built You A Tower (a)’
5 ‘Envy The Birds’
6 ‘Stone Over Water’
7 ‘How Heavenly A State’
8 ‘Trap Door’
9 ‘Riptides’
10 ‘The Flavor Of Metal’
11 ‘I Built You A Tower (b)’
I Built You A Tower releases on 5th June via ANTI- Records. Pre-order the album on vinyl here.
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
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