Death Cab for Cutie have joined the record label ANTI Records for future releases. Now they have just shared a new song, “Punching The Flowers”, which serves as a preview of what will be their next album.
“Punching The Flowers” has somewhat harder guitars than what Ben Gibbard’s band has accustomed us to in recent times. Perhaps it is a way to claim their return to independence.
And the band becomes part of a catalogue, that of ANTI Records, with great indie references, among whom are Tom Waits, Mavis Staples and Neko Case, as well as MJ Lenderman, Fleet Foxes, Waxahatchee and Slow Pulp, among others. This alliance marks a return to the group’s independent roots, almost thirty years after starting their iconic career.
In any case, here is a new song from the group to enjoy. “Punching The Flowers” is a song that is based on a real experience in which the singer, Gibbard, saw how a little boy in the middle of a tantrum punched some flowers, turning it into a metaphor about how the man who possesses something beautiful and vents frustration on it.
“I Built You A Tower” It will be the band’s eleventh studio album and the album with which they return to their independent roots after twenty years at Atlantic Records. The band has a tour with several dates in the United Kingdom and other European capitals such as Brussels, Berlin and Paris, throughout September and October.
