Inspired by a close friend who has seen his favourite band 10+ times, I have decided to make hay whilst the sun shines, and will hopefully be seeing DCFC at all their UK gigs for this tour (7 in total).

I am also using this to do a bit of tour of my home country, along with actually visiting Bristol and Manchester properly (instead of passing through / going for a single event).

Every time people ask what I'm doing on a week off before my birthday, I have explain my love and passion for this band, and get the look of 'What is he on?'. After seeing the Asphalt Meadows tour stop in Nottingham in 2023, I declared that I really wanted to see DCFC multiple times on their next tour. After looking at the spread of dates and venues, I realised that it was possible for me. It is also my main holiday for the year, and am dead excited to do this.

Is there anyone else stupid/foolhardy/silly enough to do similar? I know that Bruce Springsteen has rich Americans who follow him, but I think following a band the size of Death Cab is rather out of the box.

Happy to take on any tidbits or suggestions on how to fully enjoy the 7 gigs.

Hello Everyone!

This is The Photo Album Deluxe Booklet Digitized.

Have fun.

Idk how common it is to find a copy of this but I’ve never seen one til today

I make this post with all the love for Death Cab For Cutie in the world. Today I listened again to IBYAT and Asphalt Meadows. One album felt one-note, disjointed, and it came across like a text message you sent to your partner that you wish you could take back and edit. The other is varied, musically interesting, and powerful.

I don't think I have to point out which descriptions fit which album. Asphalt Meadows continously HITS me. Right now I am being enveloped in the atmosphere of Fragments of the Decade. There's so much happening in the background. I don't even think I noticed this before... Asphalt doesn't once get tedious. It changes up with each track and the pacing is stellar. IBYAT doesn't feel like it has a pace whatsoever. It just moves on to the next track.

It makes me sad to beat up on IBYAT. I liked it on launch. I don't know if I like it now. Right now I'm sitting here and realizing I prefer Thank You For Today. Blasphemy, right?

No joke, for all you out there. Play Asphalt Meadows loud front to back. It slaps. And then it slaps some more. I know I'm going to get flamed and hated for this post. I accept it. But the trajectory of my feelings for IBYAT doesn't look good.

Do we think it’ll follow this summers set lists or be its own thing? I saw them at Bumbershoot in 2008 and 2016, excited to bring my kids to this!

medium men’s / sometimes large

pls share :)

this temporary life, i think, is one of the best songs death cab has ever made and i have been trying to track this down FOREVER!!!

went into my local store on a whim and IT WAS SITTING THERE FOR A DOLLAR!!!! so damn happy!

i also somehow find her majesty by the decemberists today too!!

some days you just get lucky i suppose :)

I am a mailman in Canada and this street was on a route that I was delivering for overtime today. I knew there would be a few people here that would be interested.

I just watched their Tiny Desk concert and it immediately made me want to see them on tour but unfortunately the only concert they have in asia is in japan :(

In my desperation, I tried to calculate the expenses and checked out the ticket for the Japan concert is only PHP 4,000!!! Now I really want to go (i estimated it’s gonna cost me around 25k-29k for the whole trip - round trip plane ticket and accommodation included). That’s like the same price for a VIP ticket for big bands who tour here in the PH, so i was thinking why not??

But I don’t have any friends here who’s really into DCFC.. posting this here in the hopes that maybe I can reach some of you? 🥹 and if anyone’s interested to go as well?

The last time they went to the PH was 10 years ago, and I think they really don’t go to tours that often esp in Asia so I really want to grab this opportunity. I’m just hesitant to go bc I’ll be going alone + it’s going to be my first intl trip.

PLEASE if there are any death cab filo fans here…

I Built You A Tower is growing on me, it definitely has a rougher sound than their most previous work, it almost sounds like a Narrow Stairs part II for me. My question is what are the top songs on each album? Here’s mine!

My all time favorite Death Cab Song is probably Photobooth, from the Forbidden Love EP.

You Can Play These Songs With Chords: Prove My Hypothesis

Something About Airplanes: President of What

We Have The Facts and We’re Voting Yes: Scientist Studies

The Photo Album: tough one but I’d say my fave is We Laugh Indoors

Transatlanticism: Tiny Vessels

Plans: What Sarah Said

Narrow Stairs: Your New Twin-Sized Bed

Codes and Keys: Monday Morning (I play it every Monday morning lol)

Kintsugi: Ghosts of Beverly Drive

Thank You For Today: When We Drive

Asphalt Meadows: Wheat Like Waves (has a very Plans vibe to it which I love)

And Towers songs are rougher sounding and harder rock sounding, it’s pretty refreshing.

Curious to see what yall think!

Sold out super quick. No premium seats, even on the presale. No supporting acts announced. A benefit concert for Beyond Hunger. Thoughts if it will be a similar set list/concert to the rest of the tour (which didn’t stop in Chicago)?

Who Said It? Edgar Allan Poe vs. Ben Gibbard

Hello Everyone! I made the recent NPR tiny desk concert into individuals fully tagged and cover art embedded

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*i know the title is incorrect

We've made it to the final song on the album! Hope you've enjoyed these discussions the last several weeks as much as I have!

This week's discussion is on the eleventh track off I Built You a Tower, "I Built You a Tower (b)."

Lyrics

I built you a tower in my mind
A place that no one else could ever find
'Cause I needed you contained
You'd run circles 'round my brain
Until I could not think of anything else

At first the silence felt like an old friend
We were estranged for many years but made amends
But into that empty space
My fears began to race
Until I could not think of anything else

I'm learning how to
Live without you
But these ruminations
Are all about you

I thought that I could keep you locked away
That in this soundless spire was where you'd stay
But there was no cage or shape
That you could not escape
What a fool I was to think I was safe

I'm learning how to
Live without you
But these ruminations
Are all about you
And it makes me tired
So tired

I'm learning how to
Live without you
But these ruminations
Are all about you

It makes me tired
So tired
It makes me tired
So tired
It makes me tired
So tired
It makes me tired
So tired

Discussion Prompts

• What is your interpretation of the lyrics of this song? What does it mean to you?
• How do you think this song fits into the rest of the album?
• What are your favorite parts of this song? Lyrically? Musically?
• Have you read any interesting interviews, analyses, or interpretations of this song?
• Do you relate to the themes of this song? Why or why not?
• ...and anything else you want to discuss!

I only made the first 6 albums cuz I was making them all, then I realised I have no grey beads so I can’t make Codes And Keys or Kintsugi, and I’m kinda at a dead end cuz I don’t wanna make the albums out of order

But I hope you guys like the ones I did make!

Through the first 8 months of 2026, I think “I Built You A Tower” -Death Cab For Cutie is my favorite non-Country album this year. Where do you rank this year and among other @dcfc albums?

Backstage at St. Louis’ Stifel Theatre, Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer open up about their legacy, escaping the trap of reinvention, and their new album, I Built You a Tower.

Hey everyone!
My Death Cab - Council Bluffs Screenprints are available now.
Both regular & foil edition..
Here: simonmarchner.bigcartel.com

I know this is most of y'alls favourite track off of the new album. I had avoided/skipped it while listening to the album but today I decided to give it a try. It's raining lightly and the sun has started to peak through a bit this cold day. I feel like the song is carrying me far away. It is so good. Thank god for this band. Good day to you all 🔥

Does anyone know where I can buy some cool Death Cab patches, or has anyone here designed their own? I bought a patch at a Wilco concert yesterday, and I have to say, now I want one for Death Cab too. 😄 I cant find anything on Etsy either.