Eliot Lee Hazel
Death Cab For Cutie have set a new EP for release on September 6th.
The Blue EP is being led by Kids In ’99, a track written in memory of the victims of a gas pipeline explosion in the band’s hometown Bellingham, Washington. “The Olympic Pipeline explosion in 1999 was a tragedy that really affected me while we were living in Bellingham,” Ben Gibbard remembers.
“After all these years I felt it was worthy of its own folk song.”
Meanwhile, the band resume North American touring at the Metro in Chicago on August 1st. They have shows back in Washington booked for the following month.
Tour dates:
August
1 – Chicago, Illinois, Metro
7 – Boulder, Colorado, Fox Theatre & Cafe
9,10 – San Diego, California, Observatory, North Park
11 – Los Angeles, California, Hollywood Bowl
September
5 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park
6 – Portland, Oregon, Oregon Zoo
7,8 – Redmond, Washington, Marymoor Amphitheatre
20 – Saratoga, California, Mountain Winery
21 – Paso Robles, California, Vina Robles Amphitheatre